The paper aims to examine the new regulatory framework of project finance in the economics of banking firms. In particular, the paper investigates the uniqueness of the project finance, the significant importance of the project finance in bank activity, and the role of the new bank capital...

This paper examines how Basel III capital reforms affected bank lending in Ger- many. We focus on the increase of minimum risk-based capital requirements and the introduction of the leverage ratio. The announcement of stricter risk-based capital regulation significantly affected low capitalized...

Using a framework of volatile markets Emerging Market Bank Lending and Credit Risk Control covers the theoretical and practical foundations of contemporary credit risk with implications for bank management. Drawing a direct connection between risk and its effects on credit analysis and...

Seit einigen Jahren werden die Auswirkungen, die von der Neufassung der Eigenkapitalvorschriften für Kreditinstitute durch den Baseler Ausschuss für Bankenaufsicht ('Basel II') auf die Kreditfinanzierung speziell kleinerer Unternehmen ausgehen, intensiv diskutiert. Im Fokus steht dabei stets...