This paper studies bank new equity offerings in response to recently strengthened Basel capital regulation. Our … regulation, though the banks were not capital deficient relative to the current regulatory minimum. In sharp contrast to the … negative abnormal returns. Bank equity offerings in response to strengthened regulation convey negative information on the …

higher adjustment costs, due to the weaker governance and stricter regulation, the adjustment is significantly slower. Banks … monitoring and have more competitive banking systems. Identifying the drivers of banks' adjustment speed towards target capital … ratios contributes to our understanding of which settings influence (i) the pro-cyclicality of capital regulation and (ii …

The issue of bank dividend regulation has become highly controversial as the stress induced on bank capital during the … 2008 financial crisis and the covid pandemic created a demand for enhanced regulation and restrictions on bank dividend … contributed to the stability of the U.S. banking system in the post-depression era …

economics of bank liquidity creation, both in the traditional relationship banking context and in the shadow banking context …. The related prudential regulation issues – pertaining mainly to capital requirements and liquidity requirements – are also …

banking industrial organisation and its economic consequences. We document a novel trade-off: the potential benefits of …

Economists have extensively analyzed the regulation of banks and the banking industry, but have devoted considerably … less attention to bank supervision as a distinct activity. Indeed, much of the banking literature has used the terms … "supervision" and "regulation" interchangeably. This paper provides a heuristic review of the economics literature on …