In 2010, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published an assessment of the long-term economic impact (LEI) of stronger capital and liquidity requirements. This paper considers this assessment in light of estimates from later studies of the macroeconomic benefits and costs of higher...

Using a large panel of 6.946 French manufacturing firms, this paper investigates the effect of the cost of capital and on cash flow on investment from 1990 to 1999. We compare several specifications of neo-classical demand for capital, taking into account transitory dynamics. The user cost of...

Using a large panel of about 6,946 French manufacturing firms, this paper investigates the effect of monetary policy from 1990 to 1999 on investment through the cost of capital and the cash-flow channels. We compare several specifications of the neo-classical demand for capital, taking into...