Employing data on over 100 GCC banks for 1996e2011, we test the relation between risk and capital. Given the … with the literature, risk is measured by the Z-score, while capital is computed as the ratio of equity to asset. The … findings indicate that banks generally increase capital in response to an increase in risk, and not vice versa. Second, there …

The paper discusses the theory of how banks' respond to risk-based capital standards and conducts an empirical … estimation to ascertain the response of banks to capital requirements in the Indian context …

The paper examines the interaction between risk, capital and operating efficiency in a simultaneous equation setting …