Risk and capital adjustment over the business cycle: Evidence from Indian banks

Saibal Ghosh

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Abstract: Employing data on Indian banks for 1997-2006, we test the behavior of capital buffers over the business cycle. The evidence indicates that capital buffers exhibit pro-cyclical behavior, although the implied effects are small.

Keywords: capital buffer; risk; banks; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-02
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