This paper examines changes in bank capital and capital regulations since the global financial crisis, in the Europe … of the definition of Tier 1 capital and reduction in risk-weights. Further analyses show that bank risk in Europe and …

This paper analyzes bank stock prices around the world to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the banking … policy announcements on the performance of bank stocks. Overall, the results suggest that the crisis and the countercyclical … lending role that banks are expected to play have put banking systems under significant stress, with bank stocks …