We study how supranational capital regulation incentivizes national authorities to exercise forbearance and how this …

. Contrary to claims in the literature that "equity is expensive" and that regulation requiring more equity in the funding mix … entails costs to society, such regulation actually helps create useful commitment for banks to avoid the inefficiently high … borrowing that comes under laissez-faire. Effective regulation is beneficial even without considering systemic risk; if such …

The new prudential regulation framework, established by the European Central Bank (ECB) after the financial crisis … prudential regulation framework. By using a sample of the listed bank of fifteen European Union countries over the period 1997 …

benefits. Contrary to claims in the literature that “equity is expensive” and that regulation requiring more equity in the … funding mix entails costs to society, such regulation actually helps create useful commitment for banks to avoid the … inefficiently high borrowing that comes under laissez-faire. Effective regulation is beneficial even without considering systemic …

We study the political economy of bank capital regulation from a positive and normative perspective. In a general … politicians. We show that bankers and politicians agree on lobbying contributions and capital regulation that renders banks … capital regulation standards from international agreements eliminate lobbying incentives, yielding an efficient and fair …

larger equity reserves would reduce the need for costly regulation. The proposed Financial Choice Act is a step in this …

banking research and sheds new light into the role of banks and their prudential regulation. Specifically, the results suggest …