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We examine the period over which banking authorities discussed, adopted, and implemented Basel III to understand whether, when, and how firms respond to proposed regulation. We find evidence to suggest that the affected banks not only lobbied rule makers against it, but these banks also made...
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We develop a model to show how shareholder-creditor agency conflicts interact with accounting measurement rules to influence the design of bank capital regulation. Relative to a benchmark autarkic regime, higher capital requirements mitigate inefficient asset substitution, but exacerbate...
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Prior research show that banks have various motivations for influencing loan loss provisions. This study examines these … motivations and the behaviour of loan loss provision in relation to the business cycle. After controlling for the impact of Basel … the model. Additionally, I find that (i) banks increase loan loss provisioning after the implementation of Basel; (ii …
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cutting back on lending but also by reallocating credit to firms in financial distress with prior underreported loan loss … provisioning. We develop a method to detect when banks delay loss reporting using detailed loan-level data. We then show that the …
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Purpose: This paper analysed the effects of bank's risk on capital buffer in Namibia, in the absence of the consensus on the cyclical behavior of capital buffers. Design/methodology/approach: The study employed the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) modelling technique on quarterly data for...
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requires the use of an expected credit loss model instead of an incurred loss model to estimate the impairment of financial …
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In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, bank regulators are paying more attention to derivatives. In a move that can be seen as a step away from fair-value accounting, bank regulators (Basel III) have proposed to calculate bank leverage ratios using notional values, rather than fair values, of...
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Using a unique setting where stand-alone banks submit filings to bank regulators instead of the SEC, we examine the consequences of disclosure regulation in the hands of bank regulators. Consistent with theory, we find that bank regulators are less concerned about transparency than the SEC. Bank...
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This study investigates the non-discretionary determinants of bank loan loss provisions in Africa after controlling for … banks have higher loan-to-asset ratios. Also, larger banks in financially developed African countries have fewer loan loss …
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