varying loss profiles and different methods of data collection, loss reporting, and model specification on the reliability of …

The paper finds that, given Australia's conservative approach in implementing the Basel II framework, Australian banks …

The paper finds that, given Australia's conservative approach in implementing the Basel II framework, Australian banks …

put more pressure on the banks’ capital. Given high bank concentration and large offshore wholesale funding needs, the …

The crisis in Europe has underscored the vulnerability of European bank funding models compared to international peers …. This paper studies the drivers behind this fragility and examines the future of bank funding, primarily wholesale, in … possible policy options and bank actions to enhance European bank funding models’ robustness …

have been reluctant to do so. Provided the market expects a bank to rebuild its buffers, any draw-down will open up a … capital shortfall that will weigh on its share price. Therefore, a bank will only decide to use its buffers if the value …

Whether and to what extent tougher bank regulation weighs on economic growth is an open empirical question. Using data … from 28 manufacturing industries in 50 countries, we explore the extent to which cross-country differences in bank … enterprises. This relationship, however, exists only for bank-based systems and emerging market economies. In the pre …