The paper finds that, given New Zealand's conservative approach in implementing the Basel II framework, New Zealand banks' headline capital ratios underestimate their capital strength. A comparison with Canadian, UK and Australian banks highlights the impact of New Zealand's more conservative...

The paper finds that, given New Zealand’s conservative approach in implementing the Basel II framework, New Zealand banks’ headline capital ratios underestimate their capital strength. A comparison with Canadian, UK and Australian banks highlights the impact of New Zealand’s more...

Purpose: The article has developed a research model to measure the effect of liquidity and excess liquidity on bank stability. Design/methodology/approach: Other variables such as bank size, loan growth, economic state, and inflation are also incorporated into the research model to ascertain the...