influence the likelihood that policymakers assign banking supervision to central banks. We find that, conditional on the …

institutions: banks, the shadow banking system and insurance companies. It concludes that, while substantial progress has been made …

This paper presents an overview of the Japanese system to deal with the distress of banks, providing a classification …

optimal CR is tighter relative to the pre-crisis benchmark. Optimal CR is also bank specific, and tighter for large banks than … for small banks. This is for three reasons. First, allowing small banks to take more leverage enables them to potentially … grow faster, leading to a growth effect. Second, although more leverage by small banks results in a higher exit rate, these …

bank capital and therefore set the minimum capital-adequacy requirements for banks. The new Basel bank capital regime … the financial risk toolkit for practitioners. This risk modeling enhancement provides incentives for banks to upgrade … regulatory capital requirements for banks. For those locally-incorporated banks that have offshore banking operations, the …

banks and supervisory authorities of all EU member states. This paper describes the design and structure of the new data set …