Bassi, Claudio; Behn, Markus; Grill, Michael; Waibel, Martin - 2023
This paper investigates both the magnitude and the drivers of bank window dressing behaviour in euro-denominated repo … reductions and banks' incentives to window dress and document the role of the leverage ratio and the G-SIB framework as the most … relevant drivers of window dressing behaviour. Our findings suggest that regulatory action is warranted to limit banks' ability …