We assess the influence of competition and capital regulation on the stability of the banking system. We particularly … ask two questions: i) how does capital regulation affect (endogenous) entry; and ii) how do (exogenous) changes in the … competitive environment affect bank monitoring choices and the effectiveness of capital regulation? Our approach deviates from the …

How do near-zero interest rates affect bank competition, risk taking and regulation? I study these questions in a … risk shifting incentives, particularly if rates are expected to remain near-zero for long. At the ZLB, capital regulation …. Complementing existing regulation with policy tools that subsidize the funding cost of banks may improve welfare at the ZLB. …

The paper studies risk mitigation associated with capital regulation, in a context when banks may choose tail risk … stylized facts about pre-crisis bank behavior, and suggest implications for the optimal design of capital regulation. …