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In October 2006, Dominion Bond Rating Service (DBRS) introduced new ratings for banks that account for the potential of government support. The rating changes are not a reflection of any changes in the respective banks' credit fundamentals. We use this natural experiment to evaluate the...
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To address the challenges posed by global systemically important banks (G-SIBs), the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision recommended an "additional loss absorbency requirement" for these institutions. Along these lines, I develop a microfounded design of capital surcharges that target the...
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2007, and especially in the euro area after 2010. That crisis triggered major changes to European financial regulation and …
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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the leverage ratio requirement as currently considered by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. The key concept in this paper is the asset quality index, which is obtained by dividing the risk-based...
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This paper aims to fill a gap in the literature on banking regulation, financial development and financial stability … globalisation in banking increases systemic risks. Macro prudential regulation is thus equally important as micro prudential … regulation. The Financial Development Index 2009 of the World Economic Forum revealed that the UK needs to make improvements in …
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of a financial crisis: 1) Regulation creates two categories of financial institutions. The first class faces greater … subsidized funds to make riskier investments (including investments in the second class) without regulation compensating for …
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Macroprudential policies are often aimed at the traditional banking sector while nondepository financial institutions or shadow banks have limited or no prudential regulations. This paper studies the macroeconomic impact of household-side macroprudential tightening in the presence of unregulated...
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We present a simple model to study the risk sensitivity of capital regulation. A banker funds investment with uninsured … banks attract cheaper deposit funding and require less capital. With a noisy signal, risk-sensitive capital regulation can …
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This article explores some of the difficult issues in financial regulation for financial stability. Noting the lack of … prior academic work in the topic, this article presents a discussion of some difficult issues in financial regulation for … financial regulation and supervision without limiting the ability of financial institutions to exploit emerging profitable …
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