This literature review aims to support the work of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision by providing insights from academic and policy work (including policy notes and speeches). It also draws on lessons from observed bank failures and supervisory practices. It provides key messages on...

This paper studies how banks manage their equity capital in the short run, particularly during periods of distress, based on Basel III monitoring data. The findings challenge the conventional assumption that bank capital is largely exogenous in the short run, meaning that banks cannot adjust...

Banks that transact on permissionless blockchains or similar distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) face various risks. This paper considers the risks related to operations and security, governance, legal, compliance (including money laundering/financing of terrorism) and settlement finality....

The first part of this report reviews the different channels of transmission of financial shocks (including regulatory changes) highlighted in the literature in the past 15 years. While a very large number of new models have been made available since the Committee's assessment of the long-term...