and more or less risk sensitivity in capital requirements. Following the approach in Barth et al. (2004, 2006, 2008) we … their effect on banks' risk, capital, efficiency and cost. We show that more stringency and more risk sensitivity in …

assistance on bank risk taking. Bailed-out banks initiate riskier loans and shift assets toward riskier securities after … receiving government support. However, this shift in risk occurs mostly within the same asset class and, therefore, remains … appear safer according to regulatory ratios, but show an increase in volatility and default risk. These findings are robust …

We investigate the impact of changes in capital of European banks on their risk-taking behavior from 1992 to 2006, a … capital banks hold. First, we assume that risk changes depend on banks' ex ante regulatory capital position. Second, we … consider the impact of an increase in each component of regulatory capital on banks? risk changes. We find that, for highly …

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 …