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Banking on capital

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Banking on capital. Altunbas, Yener (Author); Mangenelli, Simone (Author); Marques-Ibanez, David (Author). 2017. VOXEU.org.

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Altunbas, Y, Mangenelli, S & Marques-Ibanez, D, Banking on capital, 2017, Web publication/site, VOXEU.org. <http://voxeu.org/article/banking-capital>

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Altunbas, Y., Mangenelli, S., & Marques-Ibanez, D. (2017). Banking on capital. Web publication/site, VOXEU.org. http://voxeu.org/article/banking-capital

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Altunbas Y, Mangenelli S, Marques-Ibanez D. 2017. Banking on capital. VOXEU.org. [Web publication/site].

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Altunbas, Yener, Simone Mangenelli and David Marques-Ibanez, Banking on capital, VOXEU.org, Web publication/site, 2017, http://voxeu.org/article/banking-capital

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Altunbas Y, Mangenelli S, Marques-Ibanez D. Banking on capital VOXEU.org. 2017.

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Altunbas, Yener (Author) ; Mangenelli, Simone (Author) ; Marques-Ibanez, David (Author). / Banking on capital. [Web publication/site].

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TY - ADVS

T1 - Banking on capital

AU - Altunbas, Yener

AU - Mangenelli, Simone

AU - Marques-Ibanez, David

PY - 2017/11/14

Y1 - 2017/11/14

N2 - Prudential supervision of banks has increasingly relied on capital requirements. But bank capital played a relatively minor role in predicting bank solvency during the Global Crisis, except for scarcely capitalised banks. This column argues that while capital is a helpful tool to support bank financial stability, it is complex for supervisors to calibrate it precisely. Macroprudential authorities should be able to complement capital-based tools with additional, borrower-based prudential instruments.

AB - Prudential supervision of banks has increasingly relied on capital requirements. But bank capital played a relatively minor role in predicting bank solvency during the Global Crisis, except for scarcely capitalised banks. This column argues that while capital is a helpful tool to support bank financial stability, it is complex for supervisors to calibrate it precisely. Macroprudential authorities should be able to complement capital-based tools with additional, borrower-based prudential instruments.

M3 - Web publication/site

PB - VOXEU.org

ER -