Capital Regulation, Liquidity Requirements and Taxation in a Dynamic Model of Banking

Author/Editor:

Gianni De Nicolo ; Andrea Gamba ; Marcella Lucchetta

Publication Date:

March 1, 2012

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This paper studies the impact of bank regulation and taxation in a dynamic model with banks exposed to credit and liquidity risk. We find an inverted U-shaped relationship between capital requirements and bank lending, efficiency, and welfare, with their benefits turning into costs beyond a certain requirement threshold. By contrast, liquidity requirements reduce lending, efficiency and welfare significantly. The costs of high capital and liquidity requirements represent a lower bound on the benefits of these regulations in abating systemic risks. On taxation, corporate income taxes generate higher government revenues and entail lower efficiency and welfare costs than taxes on non-deposit liabilities. 

Series:

Working Paper No. 2012/072

Subject:

Bank regulation Banking Capital adequacy requirements Financial institutions Financial regulation and supervision Liquidity requirements Loans Stocks

English

Publication Date:

March 1, 2012

ISBN/ISSN:

9781475502244/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA2012072

Pages:

53

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