Capital requirements and bank behavior in the UK: Are there lessons for international capital standards?

Volume: 36, Issue: 3, Pages: 803 - 816
Published: Mar 1, 2012
Abstract
null null The financial crisis prompted widespread interest in developing a better understanding of how capital regulation drives bank behavior. This paper uses a unique, comprehensive database of regulatory capital requirements on all UK banks to examine their effects on capital, lending and balance sheet management behavior. We find that capital requirements that include firm-specific, time-varying add-ons set by supervisors affect banks’...
Paper Details
Title
Capital requirements and bank behavior in the UK: Are there lessons for international capital standards?
Published Date
Mar 1, 2012
Volume
36
Issue
3
Pages
803 - 816
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