Thakor, Anjan V. - In: Annual Review of Financial Economics 6 (2014) 1, pp. 185-223
central issues surrounding the role bank capital plays in financial stability. Because the socially efficient capital level … may entail various bank-level and social costs. Thus, despite agreement that higher capital would enhance banking … liquidity creation, higher bank values, and higher probabilities of surviving crises. Moreover, increases in capital …