In this paper we study the impact of the Basel III liquidity regulations, namely the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) and the Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR), on the bank lending channel in Luxembourg. For this aim we built, based on individual bank data, time series of the LCR and NSFR for a...

In this article we investigate the leverage cycle in Luxembourg?s banking sector using individual bank-level data for the period 2003 Q1 to 2010 Q1. We discuss the mechanics behind the leverage cycle in Luxembourg?s banks and show that these banks predominantly adjust leverage by changing both...

French Abstract: La présente contribution étudie, dans une perspective avant tout juridique, les défais que les crypto-monnaies sont susceptibles de poser à la Banque Centrale Européenne dans l'accomplissement de son mandat. Elle soulève également la question si l'émission d'une monnaie...

French abstract: Par un arrêt très attendu « Peter Gauweiler c/ Deutscher Bundestag » du 16 juin 2015 (affaire C-62/14), la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne (CJUE) a statué à titre préjudiciel sur une mesure de politique monétaire non conventionnelle menée par la Banque centrale...

We provide the first evidence that changes in risk-based capital requirements for banks affect the real economy through international trade. Using a natural experiment – mandatory Basel II adoption in its Standardized Approach by all banks in Turkey on July 1, 2012 – we investigate the...

The main purpose of this paper is to determine the macro-prudential indicators of financial strength that can be used under supervision of the banking system in CEMAC. More specifically, we start from a set of indicators listed in the literature on macro-prudential supervision, and identify...

In this paper, using monetary policy rules, we build a model which describes the fixing of the interest rate by the Bank of Central African's States (BEAC). First, with a GMM adapted for a forward looking rule, we propose a reaction function for this central bank. The result shows that from 1986...

L’épineux problème d’interaction négative entre crise de la dette souveraine et crise bancaire au niveau national empêche une transmission efficace des effets de la politique monétaire unique et menace l’existence même de la zone euro. En réponse à la crise de l’euro et après...

This article is striving to present the Basel prudential framework (Basel II and Basel III) following the international financial crisis from 2007 to 2008 and interfer ences with IAS / IFRS-IASB. Clearly these two sites for African banks are structuring projects under the path taken by their...

This article is striving to present the Basel prudential framework (Basel II and Basel III) following the international financial crisis from 2007 to 2008 and interfer ences with IAS / IFRS-IASB. Clearly these two sites for African banks are structuring projects under the path taken by their...