We investigate global factors associated with bank capital flows. We formulate a model of the international banking … system where global banks interact with local banks. The solution highlights the bank leverage cycle as the determinant of …

One aim of post-crisis monetary policy has been to ease credit conditions for borrowers by unlocking bank lending. We … find that bank equity is an important determinant of both the bank's funding cost and its lending growth. In a cross …-country bank-level study, we find that a 1 percentage point increase in the equity-to-total assets ratio is associated with a 4 …

money. However, there are limits. How negative can central bank equity be before fiat money loses credibility? We address … this question using a global games approach motivated by the fall of the Bank of Amsterdam (1609–1820). We solve for the … fiscal support and central bank capital in sustaining trust in fiat money …