Banks' regulatory capital buffer and the business cycle: Evidence for Germany
Stephanie Stolz and
Michael Wedow
Journal of Financial Stability, 2011, vol. 7, issue 2, 98-110
Abstract:
This paper analyzes the effect of the business cycle on the regulatory capital buffers of German local banks in the period 1993-2004. The capital buffers are found to fluctuate countercyclically over the business cycle. The evidence supports that low-capitalized banks do not catch up with their well-capitalized peers over the observation period and they do not decrease risk-weighted assets during a recession. This finding suggests that their low capitalization does not force them to retreat from lending.
Keywords: Capital; regulation; Bank; capital; Business; cycle; fluctuations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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