Cyclical Effects of Bank Capital Requirements with Imperfect Credit Markets

This paper analyzes the cyclical effects of bank capital requirements in a simple model with credit market imperfections. Lending rates are set as a premium over the cost of borrowing from the central bank, with the premium itself depending on firms effective collateral. Basel I- and Basel II-type regulatory regimes are defined and a capital channel is introduced through a signaling effect of capital buffers on the cost of bank deposits. The macroeconomic effects of various shocks (a drop in output, an increase in the refinance rate, and a rise in the capital adequacy ratio) are analyzed, under both binding and nonbinding capital requirements. Factors affecting the procyclicality of each regime (defined in terms of the behavior of the risk premium) are also identified and policy implications are discussed.

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Main Authors: Agénor, Pierre-Richard, Pereira da Silva, Luiz A.
Language:English
Published: 2009-09-01
Subjects:ACCELERATOR, ACCELERATOR EFFECT, ACCOUNTING, ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES, ADVERSE EFFECT, ADVERSE SHOCKS, AGGREGATE DEMAND, AGGREGATE SUPPLY, ALTERNATIVE FUNDING, ALTERNATIVE REGIMES, AMOUNT OF LOANS, ARBITRAGE, ASSET PRICES, ASSET QUALITY, ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION, BACKED SECURITIES, BAD CREDIT, BALANCE SHEET, BALANCE SHEETS, BALANCE-SHEET, BANK ASSET, BANK ASSETS, BANK BEHAVIOR, BANK CAPITAL, BANK CREDIT, BANK DEBT, BANK DEPOSIT, BANK DEPOSITS, BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS, BANK LENDING, BANK LIQUIDITY, BANK LOANS, BANK OF CANADA, BANK OF ENGLAND, BANK REGULATION, BANK REGULATIONS, BANKRUPTCY, BANKS, BILL, BILLS, BONDS, BOOK VALUE, BORROWER, BORROWING, BORROWING COSTS, BUFFER, BUFFERS, BUSINESS CYCLE, CAPITAL ACCUMULATION, CAPITAL ADEQUACY, CAPITAL BASE, CAPITAL LOANS, CAPITAL MARKETS, CAPITAL REGULATION, CAPITAL REQUIREMENT, CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS, CAPITAL STANDARDS, CAPITAL STOCK, CENTRAL BANK, CENTRAL BANKING, CLARITY, COLLATERAL, COMMERCIAL BANK, COMMERCIAL BANK ASSETS, COMMERCIAL BANKS, COMMERCIAL PAPER, CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE, CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT, CORPORATE BONDS, CREDIT CRUNCH, CREDIT MARKET, CREDIT MARKETS, CREDIT RATIONING, CREDIT RISKS, CREDITS, CURRENCY, DEBT, DEBT CONTRACTS, DEBT INSTRUMENTS, DEBTS, DEFAULT RISK, DEMAND FOR CREDIT, DEPOSIT GUARANTEES, DEPOSIT INSURANCE, DEPOSITORS, DEPOSITS, DERIVATIVE, DERIVATIVES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT MACROECONOMICS, DISPOSABLE INCOME, DISTORTIONS, DOMESTIC GOOD, DOWNWARD PRESSURE, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMIC POLICY, ELASTICITY, ELASTICITY OF OUTPUT, EMPLOYMENT, EQUILIBRIUM, EQUILIBRIUM CONDITION, EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS, EQUITY CAPITAL, EXCESS DEMAND, EXCESS SUPPLY, EXOGENOUS SHOCK, EXOGENOUS SHOCKS, EXPENDITURE, EXTERNAL FINANCE, FINANCIAL CRISIS, FINANCIAL FRAGILITIES, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION, FINANCIAL MARKET, FINANCIAL MARKETS, FINANCIAL SECTOR, FINANCIAL STABILITY, FINANCIAL SYSTEM, FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, FUNDING SOURCES, GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM, GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS, GROWTH RATE, HOLDING, HOMOGENEOUS GOOD, HOUSEHOLD DEPOSITS, HOUSEHOLD WEALTH, HOUSEHOLDS, HOUSING, ID, IMPACT ON PRICES, INADEQUATE DISCLOSURE, INCOME EFFECT, INDEXATION, INFLATION, INFLATION RATE, INTEREST PAYMENTS, INTEREST RATE, INTEREST RATES, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INVESTMENT PURPOSES, LABOR COSTS, LEGAL SYSTEM, LEVEL OF INVESTMENT, LEVERAGE, LIABILITY, LIABILITY MANAGEMENT, LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS, LOAN, LOAN DEFAULT, LOAN DEMAND, MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS, MACROECONOMIC MODEL, MACROECONOMICS, MARGINAL COST, MARKET DISCIPLINE, MARKET EQUILIBRIUM, MARKET RATES, MONETARY AUTHORITY, MONETARY ECONOMICS, MONETARY SHOCKS, MONETARY TRANSMISSION, MORAL HAZARD, MORTGAGE, MORTGAGE MARKET, MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES, MORTGAGES, NEGATIVE SUPPLY SHOCK, NET WORTH, NOMINAL WAGE, OPEN ECONOMIES, OPPORTUNITY COST, PENALTIES, PHYSICAL CAPITAL, PLEDGE COLLATERAL, PORTFOLIOS, POSSIBILITY OF DEFAULT, PRICE HIKE, PRICE INCREASE, PRIVATE CONSUMPTION, PROBABILITY OF DEFAULT, PRODUCTION COSTS, PRODUCTION FUNCTION, PROFIT MARGIN, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PRUDENTIAL REGULATIONS, RATE OF INFLATION, REAL CONSUMPTION, REAL INVESTMENT, RECESSION, REGULATORY AUTHORITY, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, REGULATORY REFORMS, REGULATORY REGIMES, REPAYMENT, RESERVE, RESERVE ADEQUACY, RESERVE REQUIREMENTS, RESERVES, RETAINED EARNINGS, RETURN, RETURN ON EQUITY, RISK AVERSE, RISK EXPOSURE, RISK MANAGEMENT, RISK PREMIUM, RISK TAKING, SECURITIES, SIGNALING, SOLVENCY, SUBSTITUTION EFFECT, SUPPLY CURVE, TERMS OF CREDIT, TOTAL CREDIT, TOTAL CURRENCY, TRANSMISSION MECHANISM, TRANSMISSION OF MONETARY POLICY, TRANSPARENCY, UNCERTAINTY, UNDERDEVELOPED CAPITAL MARKETS, UPWARD JUMP, UPWARD PRESSURE, VALUE OF COLLATERAL, VULNERABILITY TO SHOCKS, WAGES, WEALTH, WEIGHTS, WORKING CAPITAL, WRITEDOWNS,
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https://hdl.handle.net/10986/4262
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