"Powell, Mylenko, Miller, and Majnoni analyze how data in public credit registries can be used both to strengthen bank …, including in calculations of credit risk for capital and provisioning requirements, or as a check on a bank's internal ratings … the Caribbean Region--is part of a larger effort in the region to analyze the effects of bank capital regulation …

The authors analyze how data in public credit registries can be used both to strengthen bank supervision and to improve … calculations of credit risk for capital and provisioning requirements, or as a check on a bank's internal ratings for the Basel II …

Business cycles imply liquidity risks for banks. This paper explores how these risks influence bank lending over the … cycle. With forward-looking banks, lending cycles, credit booms and busts, or suppressed and highly fragile bank systems can … unpleasant effects on bank lending. Imposing countercyclical capital adequacy ratio may amplify procyclicality or result in …

governments are heavily concerned about the tax revenue losses arising from bank failures, strict capital requirements are imposed …