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This study investigates the relationship between bank capital and risk in the Indian banking sector. The sample … causality test to find out the relationship between risk and capital. The result signifies that there is a unidirectional … causality, i.e. risk is causing capital for all the three types of commercial banks. Furthermore, we examine the impact of risk …
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Several recent studies have recommended greater reliance on subordinated debt as a tool to discipline bank risk taking …
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The aim of this paper is to assess how German savings banks adjust capital and risk under capital regulation. We … coordination of capital and risk adjustments depends on the amount of capital the bank holds in excess of the regulatory minimum … while simultaneously lowering risk. In contrast, banks with high capital buffers try to maintain their capital buffer by …
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fluctuation is stronger for savings banks than for cooperative banks, as, for savings banks, risk-weighted assets fluctuate more … not decrease risk-weighted assets in a business cycle downturn by more than well-capitalized banks. This finding seems to …
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This paper examines how capital is determined by German banks. We analyse whether the determinants found in the previous empirical literature hold for the special German banking sector with its three characteristic banking groups of savings banks, cooperative banks and other banks. On the basis...
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This paper documents that standard cross-sectional determinants of firm leverage also apply to the capital structure of large banks in the United States and Europe. We find a remarkable consistency in sign, significance and economic magnitude. Like non-financial firms, banks appear to have...
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the global over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets, where significant counterparty credit risk prevails. In this paper …, we deal with risk under Basel III banking regulation and provide credit valuation adjustment (CVA) modelling, which is a … measure of the market value of counterparty credit risk. We use simulated data to develop a stress test model to determine the …
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Many large U.S. bank holding companies (BHCs) continued to pay dividends during the recent financial crisis, even as financial market conditions deteriorated, large losses accumulated, and emergency capital and liquidity were being provided by the official sector. In contrast, share repurchases...
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This article describes the background, design choices and particular details of stress tests used as part of an overall supervisory regime; that is, their formal integration into the process of the ongoing prudential supervision of banks and other large financial institutions. We then describe...
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This paper focuses on how to calibrate models used to stress test the most important risks in the banking system. Based on the results of a verification of the Czech National Bank's stress testing methodology, the paper argues that stress tests should be calibrated conservatively and slightly...
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