whether increases in regulation-related costs reduced bank lending in the aftermath of both financial crises and discuss …

Following the 2008 financial crisis, countercyclical regulation emerged as one of the most promising breakthroughs in … years to halting destructive cycles of booms and busts. This new approach to systemic risk posits that financial regulation … and to prick asset bubbles before they burst. If countercyclical regulation is to succeed, however, then policymakers must …