The new Basel Capital Adequacy Accord (Basel III) is an agreement among countries' central banks and bank supervisory … authorities on the amount of capital banks must hold as a cushion against losses and insolvency. Basel III is of concern to … report follows the basic elements of the Basel III documents on the types of capital requirements and their phase-in schedule …

This paper provides direct measures of the international mobility of long-term financial capital using interest … Euromarkets and in the onshore markets of Canada, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The … evidence, discussed below, indicates that long-term financial capital is as mobile across these markets as is short …

manufacturing sectors? And is it dependent on the level of sectoral requirement on external finance for capital need? To examine …