This paper analyzes the effect of bank capital adequacy regulation on the monetary transmission mechanism. Using a general equilibrium framework and a representative bank, the model demonstrates that the monetary transmission mechanism is weakened if banks are poorly capitalized, or if the...

Small and medium-sized enterprises are a centrepiece of Europe's economy. Due to their limited size and their generally lower creditworthiness, their access to financial market instruments is more limited than for large enterprises, which benefit from more elaborate Treasury operations,...

Die Fremdkapitalfinanzierung der deutschen Unternehmen erlebt derzeit drastische Umbrüche, die mit dem Näherrücken der Einführung der Basel-II-Regeln zur Eigenkapitalhinterlegung von Firmenkrediten bei den Banken noch nicht abgeschlossen sein dürften. Strukturprobleme und die...

This paper analyzes the effect of bank capital adequacy regulation on the monetary transmission mechanism. Using a general equilibrium framework and a representative bank, the model demonstrates that the monetary transmission mechanism is weakened if banks are poorly capitalized, or if the...