D1 Article in a professional journal
Expert Survey on Bank Capital Requirements: Preliminary results
Authors: Ambrocio Gene, Hasan Iftekhar, Jokivuolle Esa, Ristolainen Kim
Publisher: Centre for Economic Policy Research
Publication year: 2019
Journal: Voxeu.org
Series title: VoxEU.org
Issue: 25.4.2019
Publication's open availability at the time of reporting: Open Access
Publication channel's open availability : Open Access publication channel
Web address : https://voxeu.org/content/expert-survey-bank-capital-requirements-preliminary-results
In this post researchers from the Bank of Finland reveal that academics responding to the Bank’s survey prefer a minimum of 15% of common equity in relation to banks’ total assets at all times, considerably higher than the current regulatory minimum requirement that aims to constrain bank leverage.
