-level sources of risk are much easier for corporate governance and regulation to address than risk arising at the systemic level … limited role in the regulation of systemic risk and then relates this discussion to the current state of affairs in the …

challenges are addressed, capital regulation can be a powerful tool for enhancing the role of banks in the economy. …

The global financial crisis has further highlighted the importance of bank capital regulation for the stability of the … banking system. This article aims to reconcile the views of the academics and regulators about bank capital regulation …. Lightweight and procyclical bank capital regulation with ample possibilities for regulatory arbitrage has contributed to the pre …

benefits. Contrary to claims in the literature that “equity is expensive” and that regulation requiring more equity in the … funding mix entails costs to society, such regulation actually helps create useful commitment for banks to avoid the … inefficiently high borrowing that comes under laissez-faire. Effective regulation is beneficial even without considering systemic …

Reforms of financial regulation after the crisis of 2007-2009 raise the question of what is the relation between … financial regulators and competition authorities. Should competition authorities play a role in financial regulation? Should …-specific regulation involves authorities actually prescribing desired modes of behavior. The ongoing nature of relations makes regulators …

. Contrary to claims in the literature that "equity is expensive" and that regulation requiring more equity in the funding mix … entails costs to society, such regulation actually helps create useful commitment for banks to avoid the inefficiently high … borrowing that comes under laissez-faire. Effective regulation is beneficial even without considering systemic risk; if such …