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Bank Lobbying : Regulatory Capture and Beyond
Igan, Deniz; Lambert, Thomas - 2021
In this paper, we discuss whether and how bank lobbying can lead to regulatory capture and have real consequences … through an overview of the motivations behind bank lobbying and of recent empirical evidence on the subject. Overall, the … interpreted as a call for an outright ban of lobbying, they point in the direction of a need for rethinking the framework …
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European Housing Markets at a Turning Point – Risks, Household and Bank Vulnerabilities, and Policy Options
Valderrama, Laura; Gorse, Patrik; Marinkov, Marina; … - 2023
European housing markets are at a turning point as the cost-of-living crisis has eroded real incomes and the surge in interest rates has made borrowers more vulnerable to financial distress. This paper aims to (i) shed light on the risks in European housing markets, (ii) quantify household...
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Calibrating Macroprudential Policies in Europe Amid Rising Housing Market Vulnerability
Valderrama, Laura - 2023
Housing market developments are in the spotlight in Europe. Over-stretched valuations amid tightening financial conditions and a cost-of-living crisis have increased risks of a sustained downturn and exposed challenging trade-offs for macroprudential policy between ensuring financial system...
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The Riskiness of Credit Allocation and Financial Stability
Brandao-Marques, Luis - 2019
We explore empirically how the time-varying allocation of credit across firms with heterogeneous credit quality matters for financial stability outcomes. Using firm-level data for 55 countries over 1991-2016, we show that the riskiness of credit allocation, captured by Greenwood and Hanson...
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Revisiting Risk-Weighted Assets
Le Leslé, Vanessa - 2015
In this paper, we provide an overview of the concerns surrounding the variations in the calculation of risk-weighted assets (RWAs) across banks and jurisdictions and how this might undermine the Basel III capital adequacy framework. We discuss the key drivers behind the differences in these...
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Reforming the Corporate Governance of Italian Banks
Jassaud, Nadege - 2014
Sound corporate governance is essential for a well-functioning banking system and the integrity of financial markets. The paper discusses the corporate governance of Italian banks, its regulatory framework, and the specific challenges arising from the role played by foundations and large...
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When Gambling for Resurrection is Too Risky
Kirti, Divya - 2017
Rather than taking on more risk, US insurers hit hard by the crisis pulled back from risk taking, relative to insurers not hit as hard by the crisis. Capital requirements alone do not explain this risk reduction: insurers hit hard reduced risk within assets with identical regulatory treatment....
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Designing Effective Macroprudential Stress Tests : Progress so Far and the Way Forward
Demekas, Dimitri G. - 2015
Giving stress tests a macroprudential perspective requires (i) incorporating general equilibrium dimensions, so that the outcome of the test depends not only on the size of the shock and the buffers of individual institutions but also on their behavioral responses and their interactions with...
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The Net Stable Funding Ratio : Impact and Issues for Consideration
Gobat, Jeanne - 2014
As part of Basel III reforms, the NSFR is a new prudential liquidity rule aimed at limiting excess maturity transformation risk in the banking sector and promoting funding stability. The revised package has been issued for public consultation with a plan of making the rule binding in 2018. This...
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ABBA : An Agent-Based Model of the Banking System
Chan-Lau, Jorge A. - 2017
A thorough analysis of risks in the banking system requires incorporating banks' inherent heterogeneity and adaptive behavior in response to shocks and changes in business conditions and the regulatory environment. ABBA is an agent-based model for analyzing risks in the banking system in which...
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