associated with bank soundness. Using data for over 3,000 banks in 86countries, we find that neither the overall index of BCP …

require banks to regularly and accurately report their financial data to regulators and market participants have sounder banks …

Using a multi-country panel of banks, we study whether better capitalized banks experienced higher stock returns during … associated with better stock market performance, most markedly for larger banks; (iii) the relationship between stock returns and …

and Central Asia region. It shows that banks in Europe and Central Asia are better capitalized, as measured by regulatory …This paper examines changes in bank capital and capital regulations since the global financial crisis, in the Europe … capital ratios, than they were prior to the crisis. However, the increase in simple equity ratios for the same banks has been …

and summarizes the evolution in bank capital regulations, capitalization of banks, market discipline, and supervisory … particularly true for large banks, because they have more discretion in the computation of risk weights and are better able to …

incentives for the private sector to monitor banks' risks. Survey results also suggest that the overall regulatory response to …