Fatouh, Mahmoud; Giansante, Simone; Ongena, Steven - 2022
We assess the impact of leverage ratio (LR) requirements on risk-taking behaviour of banks theoretically, using a … regulatory framework with risk-based requirements induces banks to re-optimise, shifting from safer to riskier assets (higher … asset-risk). Yet, this shift wouldn’t be one-for-one due to risk-weight differences, meaning the shift would be associated …