The study employs a two-step system GMM technique within a panel data framework to investigate the effects of capital buffers on the profitability and risk behavior of Indonesian commercial banks from 2010 to 2020. The findings reveal that capital buffers serve a dual role, acting as a safety...

This study investigates the relationship between prudential regulation and banking risk in the West African Economic and Monetary Union contingent on institutional quality. The empirical analysis employed panel data from 63 banks spanning 2006-2019. The key findings reveal that stringent banking...

This study investigates the relationship between prudential regulation and banking risk in the West African Economic and Monetary Union contingent on institutional quality. The empirical analysis employed panel data from 63 banks spanning 2006-2019. The key findings reveal that stringent banking...

The study employs a two-step system GMM technique within a panel data framework to investigate the effects of capital buffers on the profitability and risk behavior of Indonesian commercial banks from 2010 to 2020. The findings reveal that capital buffers serve a dual role, acting as a safety...

Although monetary policy is the main tool for central banking in order to control inflation/deflation, micro- and macroprudential instruments are also essential for crisis management. In this paper, we aim to clarify the differences between European and international banking methodologies. The...

In response to the severe disruption of the financial system, the agenda defined by the Group of Twenty (G20), in 2008, has led to a new regulatory framework. These ongoing reforms outline a new organization, which could be called the Global and Integrated Prudential Model. Such a model is based...

The philosophy behind the debt market discipline approach to banking regulation presumes that the pricing of bank debt securities, if accurate, conveys reliable signals to supervisors. In this paper, we take a critical look at the feasibility of such an approach by exploring empirically the...

In recent years, as a result of the financial crisis, several proposals have been put forward to restore some role for gold in the monetary system. In particular, there has been a proposal to employ gold as a nominal anchor or asset for the exchange rates between the most important and tradable...