We investigate the impact the risk sensitive regulatory ratio may have on banks' risk taking behaviours during the business cycle. We show that the risk sensitivity of capital requirements introduce by Basel II adds either an "equity surplus" or an "equity deficit" on a bank that owns a fixed...

We analyze the impact of the new Internal Rate Based (irb) Basel II capital requirements on the credit portfolio of banks and on their incentive to take risk. We show that for some initially risky banks, there is an incentive bias to finance a riskier credit bucket when they shift from Basel I...

[fre] Nous proposons un modèle simple de croissance endogène dans lequel la composante systématique (anticipée) de la politique monétaire a un impact non linéaire sur le taux de croissance de long terme de l'économie. Nous montrons également que, hors sentier régulier, la volatilité de...

We analyse the determinants of bank balance-sheets and leverage-ratio dynamics, and their role in increasing financial fragility. Our results are twofold. First, we show that there is a value of bank leverage that minimises financial fragility. Second, we show that this value depends on the...