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Strengthening banks' capital positions: a first look at the effects of the Basel Committee's proposals

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  • Giuseppe Lusignani
  • Lea Zicchino

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This paper analyses the impact on banks' regulatory capital of the Basel Committee's proposals for revising the capital adequacy framework. It provides a preliminary estimate of how much capital banks, in Italy and the rest of Europe, might need to accumulate as a result of losses related to the crisis and to satisfy the new and more stringent regulatory constraints on capital and leverage ratios envisaged in the proposal; it analyses the different strategies banks can adopt to adjust to the new regulatory framework and, finally, it discusses the impact that this might have on the cost of capital.

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  • Giuseppe Lusignani & Lea Zicchino, 2010. "Strengthening banks' capital positions: a first look at the effects of the Basel Committee's proposals," Banca Impresa Società, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 2, pages 237-268.
    • Handle: RePEc:mul:jqmthn:doi:10.1435/32151:y:2010:i:2:p:237-268
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