Macroprudential policy with capital buffers

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This paper studies optimal bank capital requirements in a model of endogenous bank funding conditions. I find that requirements should be higher during good times such that a macroprudential "buffer" is provided. However, whether banks can use buffers to maintain lending during a financial crisis depends on the capital requirement during the subsequent recovery. The reason is that a high requirement during the recovery lowers bank shareholder value during the crisis and thus creates funding-market pressure to use buffers for deleveraging rather than for maintaining lending. Therefore, buffers are useful if banks are not required to rebuild them quickly.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Bank of Canada Staff Working Paper ; No. 2019-8

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; General Aggregative Models: Neoclassical ; Business Fluctuations; Cycles ; Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
• Subject: Credit and credit aggregates ; Financial stability ; Financial system regulation and policies ; Business fluctuations and cycles ; Credit risk management ; Lender of last resort

Contributors, Location and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Schroth, Josef
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Bank of Canada
• (where): Ottawa
• (when): 2019

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.34989/swp-2019-8
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/197922
• Last update: 20.09.2024, 8:22 AM CEST