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...

The contagion potential of mark-to-market accounting rules interacting with regulatory constraints is compared to that of funding constraints in a network of banks. The fair value accounting rules were amended at the height of the crisis to break the vicious link between allegedly irrational...