procyclicality of bank credit dynamics to the private sector and contain systemic risk. Reserve requirements, in particular, have … new cross-country evidence on how they influence real private bank credit growth. Our results show that these instruments …

elements of credit risk management and important to prudential oversight. As illustrated in this paper, valuation feeds into …

credit growth experienced by these countries. We find that, on average, both bank capitalization and lending activities in … Latin America increased after Basel. Consequently, Basel did not seem to lead to an overall credit decline. However, we do … Basel II might cause greater procyclicality of credit. …