Fischer, Thomas; Riedler, Jesper - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
higher levels of leverage lead to a greater inequality among agents. Furthermore, greater leverage increases the frequency of … key difference in the relation between leverage and assets observed for different bank types. Lowering credit frictions … leads to an increasingly procyclical behavior of leverage, which is typical for investment banks. Nevertheless, the impact …