conditions, credit default and bank capitalization for the transmission of macroeconomic shocks. We fit the model to euro area … empirical literature, i.e. the pro-cyclicality of bank profitability and the counter-cyclical response of firm default rates and …

results highlight the importance of the starting level of bank capital, bank asset quality, and banks' adjustments for the …

, is an optimum model of bank behaviour, in which a bank statically rearranges its observed balance sheet by maximizing its …

We contribute to the empirical literature on the impact of shocks to bank capital in the euro area by estimating a … economy, namely a demand shock and a shock to bank capital. The main findings of the paper are as follows: i) Impulse …-response analysis shows that in response to a shock to bank capital, banks boost capital ratios by reducing their relative exposure to …

the introduction of negative deposit rates by the European Central Bank in June 2014 and a novel securities register for …