The Right Balance for Banks – Theory and Evidence on Optimal Capital Requirementd

Author:   William R. Cline
Publisher:   The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Volume:   107
ISBN:  

9780881327212


Pages:   175
Publication Date:   23 May 2017
Format:   Paperback
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The Right Balance for Banks – Theory and Evidence on Optimal Capital Requirementd


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"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. In this book, William R. 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. He calculates how much higher bank capital reduces the risk of banking crises, providing a benefit to the economy. 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. 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 finance"" literature, which holds that in advanced countries banking sectors are already too large and are curbing growth."

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Author:   William R. Cline
Publisher:   The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Imprint:   The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Volume:   107
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.452kg
ISBN:  

9780881327212


ISBN 10:   0881327212
Pages:   175
Publication Date:   23 May 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Language:   English

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This book is a significant addition to the literature on optimal capital estimation, and should engage the attention of the Basel Committee and regulators. * Central Banking * Cline...concludes from both a careful review of the literature and his own cost-benefit analysis that capital levels should be even higher. -- Daniel K. Tarullo, former member of the Federal Reserve Board


This book is a significant addition to the literature on optimal capital estimation, and should engage the attention of the Basel Committee and regulators. * Central Banking *


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William R. Cline has been a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics since 1981. During 1996-2001, Cline was deputy managing director and chief economist of the Institute of International Finance in Washington, DC. From 2002 through 2011, he held a joint appointment with the Peterson Institute and the Center for Global Development, where he is currently senior fellow emeritus.

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