Credit default swaps and regulatory capital relief
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Yn: Finance Research Letters, Cyfrol 26, Rhif 9, 09.2018, t. 255-260 .
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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T1 - Credit default swaps and regulatory capital relief
AU - Thornton, John
AU - Di Tommaso, Caterina
PY - 2018/9
Y1 - 2018/9
N2 - In a sample of European banks, we find that credit defaults swaps (CDS) are used for regulatory arbitrage to lower capital requirements and facilitate greater risk taking. Moreover, CDS-using banks generate higher returns on capital from the lower risk weighted assets they hold relative to banks that do not use CDS.
AB - In a sample of European banks, we find that credit defaults swaps (CDS) are used for regulatory arbitrage to lower capital requirements and facilitate greater risk taking. Moreover, CDS-using banks generate higher returns on capital from the lower risk weighted assets they hold relative to banks that do not use CDS.
U2 - 10.1016/j.frl.2018.02.008
DO - 10.1016/j.frl.2018.02.008
M3 - Article
VL - 26
SP - 255
EP - 260
JO - Finance Research Letters
JF - Finance Research Letters
SN - 1544-6123
IS - 9
ER -