Meh, Césaire Assah (contributor); Moran, Kevin (contributor) - 2008
, economies whose banking sectors remain well-capitalized experience smaller reductions in bank lending and less pronounced … downturns. Bank capital thus increases an economy's ability to absorb shocks and, in doing so, affects the conduct of monetary … policy. The model is also used to shed light on the ongoing debate over bank capital regulation. -- Transmission of monetary …