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This paper reviews the cost-benefit analysis, or “regulatory impact analysis” (RIA), in US bank regulators’ risk-based capital (RBC) rule proposals. We review the principles of cost-benefit analysis and its application by US bank regulators. We provide a brief background on RBC rules and...
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paper shows that financial regulation can be effective at mitigating this type of risk. Exploiting regulatory changes … financial institutions subject to stricter regulation. Following the easing of these regulations, overconfidence-induced risk …-taking increases again. These findings confirm the effectiveness of financial regulation at correcting overconfident behavior, but also …
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In October 2006, Dominion Bond Rating Service (DBRS) introduced new ratings for banks that account for the potential of government support. The rating changes are not a reflection of any changes in the respective banks' credit fundamentals. We use this natural experiment to evaluate the...
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challenges are addressed, capital regulation can be a powerful tool for enhancing the role of banks in the economy. …
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regulation, recovery and resolution, and risk culture. …
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Does an increase in competition increase or decrease bank stability? I exploit how the state-specific process of interstate banking deregulation lowered barriers to entry into urban banking markets and find that greater competition significantly increases bank stability. This result is robust to...
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We develop a dynamic model of banking to assess the effects of liquidity and leverage requirements on banks' insolvency risk. In this model, banks face taxation, flotation costs of securities, and default costs and maximize shareholder value by making their financing, liquid asset holdings, and...
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securities regulation. The discussion offers two theses: one descriptive and the other normative. Descriptively, drawing on … institutional approaches to the study of regulation, I show how regulatory systemic risk emerges in the US securities regulatory …
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higher than that in a regulation-free system. We discuss a sufficient condition under which the systemic risk in a regulated …
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the impact of micro-prudential regulation on the systemic risk in a cross-sectional dimension. We construct a static model … requirement regulation. In a system with a capital requirement regulation, the individual risk-taking of the financial … system can be higher than that in a regulation-free system. We discuss a sufficient condition under which the systemic risk …
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