Macroeconomic Costs of Higher Bank Capital and Liquidity Requirements

May 1, 2011

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Summary

This paper uses a DSGE model with banks and financial frictions in credit markets to assess the medium-term macroeconomic costs of increasing capital and liquidity requirements. The analysis indicates that the macroeconomic costs of such measures are sensitive to the length of the implementation period as well as to the adjustment strategy used by banks, and the scope for monetary policy to respond to the regulatory changes.

Subject: Bank credit, Banking, Capital adequacy requirements, Central bank policy rate, Financial institutions, Financial regulation and supervision, Financial services, Liquidity requirements, Loans, Money

Keywords: asset ratio, bank, bank capital buffer, Bank credit, capital, Capital adequacy requirements, Capital and liquidity requirements, capital requirement, Central bank policy rate, Europe, financial frictions, gradual adjustment, lending, lending contract, liquidity, Liquidity requirements, Loans, macro-financial linkages, monetary policy, peak lending, transmission mechanism, type monetary policy rule, WP

Pages:
51
Volume:
2011
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455260386.001
Issue:
103
Series:
Working Paper No. 2011/103
Stock No:
WPIEA2011103
ISBN:
9781455260386
ISSN:
1018-5941

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