yield. Studying securitization exposures on the balance sheets of German banks, I show evidence consistent with this … prediction. Banks with tight regulatory constraints (low capital adequacy ratios) invest more in higher yielding ABSs … conditionally on rating-implied regulatory risk weights. ABS investments of constrained banks tend to perform worse ex post in terms …

This paper provides evidence on how the new international regulation on Global Systemically Important Banks (G …-SIBs) impacts the market value of large banks. We analyze the stock price reactions for the 300 largest banks from 52 countries … value of the newly regulated banks, yet that the official designation of banks as “globally systemically important” itself …

We develop a dynamic model of banking to assess the effects of liquidity and leverage requirements on banks' insolvency … risk. In this model, banks face taxation, flotation costs of securities, and default costs and maximize shareholder value … requirements with leverage requirements reduces drastically both the likelihood of default and the magnitude of bank losses in …

banks' liabilities thereby decreasing the cost of equity relative to the cost of debt. Using a difference …-in-differences approach we assess the impact of this tax levy on banks' participation in the syndicated loan market. We further investigate … the impact of the tax levy along bank size and capital structure. We find that banks located in countries where the tax …

leverage, when the regulator controls only the prime broker's balance sheet …