We develop a general equilibrium model of competitive banks to examine the optimal design of bank regulation. There is a continuum of equilibria of the unregulated economy that feature varying relative sizes of the financial and real sectors. The unregulated economy underinvests (overinvests) in...

We show how shareholder-debtholder agency conflicts interact with strategic reporting under asymmetric information to influence bank regulation. Relative to a benchmark unregulated economy, higher capital requirements mitigate inefficient asset substitution, but potentially exacerbate under...

We develop a model to show how shareholder-creditor agency conflicts interact with accounting measurement rules to influence the design of bank capital regulation. Relative to a benchmark autarkic regime, higher capital requirements mitigate inefficient asset substitution, but exacerbate...