Reconsidering Bank Capital Regulation: A New Combination of Rules, Regulators, and Market Discipline

Author/Editor:

Connel Fullenkamp ; Celine Rochon

Publication Date:

September 15, 2014

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

Despite revisions to bank capital standards, fundamental shortcomings remain: the rules for setting capital requirements need to be simpler, and resolution should be an essential part of the capital requirement framework.We propose a new system of capital regulation that addresses these needs by making changes to all three pillars of bank regulation: only common equity should be recognized as capital for regulatory purposes, and risk weighting of assets should be abandoned; capital requirements should be assigned on an institution-by-institution basis according to a regulatory (s,S) approach developed in the paper; a standard for prompt, corrective action is incorporated into the (s,S) approach.

Series:

Working Paper No. 2014/169

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

September 15, 2014

ISBN/ISSN:

9781498382472/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA2014169

Pages:

36

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