Bank Capital, Liquidity and Systemic Risk
Abstract
We analyze the impact of capital adequacy regulation on bank insolvency and aggregate investment. We develop a model of the banking system that is characterized by the interaction of many heterogeneous banks with the real sector, interbank credit relations as a consequence of bank liquidity management and an insolvency mechanism. This allows us to study the impact of capital adequacy regulation on systemic risk. In particular we can analyze the impact of regulation on contagious defaults arising from mutual credit relations. We show that the impact of capital adequacy on systemic stability is ambiguous and that systemic risk might actually increase as a consequence of imposing capital constraints on banks. Furthermore we analyze the indirect consequences of capital adequacy regulation that are transmitted to the real economy by their impact on equilibrium interbank rates and thus the opportunity costs of liquidity within the banking system. JEL classification: G21, G28, E44.Download Info
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Paper provided by Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austrian Central Bank) in its series Working Papers with number 87.Length: 49 pages
Date of creation: 03 May 2004
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Handle: RePEc:onb:oenbwp:87
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Keywords: Capital Adequacy; Systemic Risk; Banking Regulation; Financial Stability;Other versions of this item:
- Jürgen Eichberger & Martin Summer, 2005. "Bank Capital, Liquidity, and Systemic Risk," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 3(2-3), pages 547-555, 04/05.
- Eichberger, Jürgen & Summer, Martin, 2004. "Bank Capital, Liquidity and Systemic Risk," Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications 04-45, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim & Sonderforschungsbereich 504, University of Mannheim.
- G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
- G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
- E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:
- NEP-ALL-2004-10-21 (All new papers)
- NEP-FIN-2004-10-21 (Finance)
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