Böhnke, Victoria; Ongena, Steven; Paraschiv, Florentina; … - 2024
The internal ratings-based (IRB) approach maps bank risk profiles more adequately than the standardized approach. After … switching to IRB, banks' risk-weighted asset (RWA) densities are thus expected to diverge, especially across countries with … different supervisory strictness and risk levels. However, when examining 52 listed banks headquartered in 14 European countries …