We assess the influence of competition and capital regulation on the stability of the banking system. We particularly … ask two questions: i) how does capital regulation affect (endogenous) entry; and ii) how do (exogenous) changes in the … competitive environment affect bank monitoring choices and the effectiveness of capital regulation? Our approach deviates from the …

This paper examines capital adequacy regulation in Germany. After a short overview about financial regulation in … Germany in general, the paper focuses on the most important development in the area of capital adequacy regulation from the … models for financial regulation is problematic. Finally, some suggestions of how the problems could be addressed are given. …