Bank capital requirements and the riskiness of banks: a review

William P. Osterberg and James Thomson

Economic Review, 1989, vol. 25, issue Q I, 10-17

Abstract: A study of the impact of capital requirements on bank portfolio decisions, showing that the variance of earnings and the incentive to increase leverage are reduced with risk- and leverage-related deposit rates, and that the impact of increased capital requirements on portfolio behavior is generally ambiguous.

Date: 1989
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