We study the impact of macroprudential capital buffers on banking groups' lending and risk-taking decisions, also investigating implications for internal capital markets. For identification, we exploit heterogeneity in buffers applied to other systemically important institutions, using...

Beggar-thy-neighbour in macroprudential policy? To answer this question, we study the impact of macroprudential capital buffers on banking groups’ lending and risk-taking decisions. This paper also presents the first evidence on whether banking groups respond to changes in capital buffers by...

We study the impact of macroprudential capital buffers on banking groups' lending and risk-taking decisions, also investigating implications for internal capital markets. For identification, we exploit heterogeneity in buffers applied to other systemically important institutions, using...