geographically diversified banks diverting funds away from economies experiencing negative shocks towards other unaffected economies …

impact of capital on lending in the sample of banks reporting unconsolidated data. This is consistent with the view that … on loan growth of large EU banks in 1996-2011. We focus on several measures of the quality of investor protection with a … particular during economic booms, which results in greater sensitivity of bank lending to capital ratios in economic downturns …

We present a capital regulation policy in a model in which banks can choose to be unregulated, by operating in the …

in which macroprudential policy is associated with reduced procyclicality of lending, some degree of market power is …Despite the extensive debate on the effects of bank competition on risk-taking and procyclicality, there is no evidence … of its role in the effects of macroprudential policy on loans' growth and on the sensitivity of lending to the business …

cycles forecasting by the central banks with the purpose to make the strategic decisions on the monetary policies, financial …

The alleged pro-cyclicality of bank capital (high in good times, low in bad) has received some blame for the recent … address this problem, Basel III has introduced countercyclical capital buffers for large banks. But just how cyclical is bank …

banks, small banks show a different pattern, with strongly pro-cyclical capital ratios (countercyclical leverage) …