We survey 149 leading academic researchers on bank capital regulation. The median (average) respondent prefers a 10 … strongly an expert believes that higher capital requirements would increase the cost of bank lending. …

interconnectedness on the banks' failure probability can be alleviated if bank capital regulation is properly designed. This paper … supports the conclusion in Allen and Gale (2000) that a complete financial system in which each bank is connected to all the …

We investigate the effects of credit ratings-contingent financial regulation on foreign bank lending behavior. We … examine the sensitivity of international bank flows to debtor countries' sovereign credit rating changes before and after the …

We investigate the effects of credit ratings-contingent financial regulation on foreign bank lending behavior. We … examine the sensitivity of international bank flows to debtor countries' sovereign credit rating changes before and after the …