equilibrium setting, capital requirements and lobbying contributions are determined as the outcome of bargaining between banks and … politicians. We show that bankers and politicians agree on lobbying contributions and capital regulation that renders banks … capital regulation standards from international agreements eliminate lobbying incentives, yielding an efficient and fair …

In this chapter, our goal is to discuss whether and how bank lobbying in the United States leads to regulatory capture …. First, we provide an overview of the importance of and motivations behind bank lobbying. Second, we examine the impact of … lobbying on banking regulation and supervision by reviewing recent empirical evidence. Third, we discuss the effect of the …

In this paper, we discuss whether and how bank lobbying can lead to regulatory capture and have real consequences … through an overview of the motivations behind bank lobbying and of recent empirical evidence on the subject. Overall, the … interpreted as a call for an outright ban of lobbying, they point in the direction of a need for rethinking the framework …