In this paper and the associated online database, we provide new data and measures of bank regulatory and supervisory … questions, including information on permissible bank activities, capital requirements, the powers of official supervisory … performance of banking systems. Since the underlying surveys are large and complex, we construct summary indices of key bank …

in the banking sectors of various countries. After the 2007-2009 crisis, bank capital requirements have, in some cases … guidelines has contributed to regulatory complexity, even when omitting other bank capital regulations that are specific to the … US, and (3) how the US regulatory measures still do not provide equally valuable information about whether a bank is …

Bank regulators consider minimum capital standards essential for promoting well-functioning banking systems. Despite … various countries. The most recent disruption was the global banking crisis of 2007–2009. After the crisis, bank capital … provide equally valuable information about whether a bank is adequately capitalized. A simple minimum regulatory capital ratio …

This paper presents new and official survey information on bank regulations in 142 countries and makes comparisons with … two earlier surveys. The data do not suggest that countries have primarily reformed their bank regulations for the better … agencies, but existing evidence suggests that these reforms will not improve bank stability or efficiency. While some countries …

advice about bank ewgulation and supervision and lower the marginal cost of empirical research …