Schleer, Frauke; Semmler, Willi; Illner, Julian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
Overleveraging of the banking sector has been considered as one of the main causes of the 2007-09 financial crisis and the subsequent great recession. It was also of major concern for the subsequent BIS regulatory policies resulting in Basel III and its request for higher capital requirements....