Today’s regulatory rules, especially the easily-manipulated measures of regulatory capital, have led to costly bank failures. We design a robust regulatory system such that (i) bank losses are credibly borne by the private sector (ii) systemically important institutions cannot collapse...

The strong recovery in the Turkish banking sector after the financial crisis that hit the country in 2001 sets a good example for countries experiencing similar difficulties. In this paper, we will first briefly discuss the financial and regulatory measures taken after the Turkish banking...