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The Optimal Response of Bank Capital Requirements to Credit and Risk in a Model with Financial Spillovers

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  • Filippo Occhino

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This paper studies optimal bank capital requirements in an economy where bank losses have financial spillovers. The spillovers amplify the effects of shocks, making the banking system and the economy less stable. The spillovers increase with banks? financial distortions, which in turn increase with banks? credit risk. Higher capital requirements dampen the current supply of banks? credit, but mitigate banks? future financial distortions. Capital requirements should be raised in response to both an expansion of banks? credit supply and an increase in the expected future credit risk of banks. They should be lowered close to one-to-one in response to bank losses.

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  • Filippo Occhino, 2017. "The Optimal Response of Bank Capital Requirements to Credit and Risk in a Model with Financial Spillovers," Working Papers (Old Series) 1711, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
  • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedcwp:1711
    DOI: 10.26509/frbc-wp-201711
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    Keywords

    Debt overhang; financial vulnerabilities; financial stability; macroprudential regulations;
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    JEL classification:

    • G20 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - General
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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