Right Balance for Banks - Theory and Evidence on Optimal Capital Requirementd Cline William R.
Right Balance for Banks - Theory and Evidence on Optimal Capital Requirementd Cline William R. The global financial crisis produced an important agreement among regulators in 2010-11 to raise capital…
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Right Balance for Banks - Theory and Evidence on Optimal Capital Requirementd Cline William R.
The global financial crisis produced an important agreement among regulators in 2010-11 to raise capital requirements for banks to protect them from insolvency in the event of another emergency. Cline, a leading expert on the global financial system, employs sophisticated economic models to analyze whether these reforms, embodied in the Third Basel Accord, have gone far enough. In this book, William R.
On the cost side, he estimates how much higher capital requirements raise the lending rate facing firms, reducing investment in plant and equipment and thus reducing output in the economy. He calculates how much higher bank capital reduces the risk of banking crises, providing a benefit to the economy. Applying a plausible range of parameters, Cline arrives at estimates for the optimal level of equity capital relative to total bank assets.
This study also challenges the recent "too much