Financial Market Regulation in Germany - Capital Requirements of Financial Institutions

This paper examines capital adequacy regulation in Germany. The first part reviews capital adequacy regulation from the 1930s up to the financial crisis and identifies two main trends: a gradual softening of the eligibility criteria for equity and increasing reliance on internal risk models. While t...

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Main Author: Daniel Karl Detzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Economia civile 2015-03-01
Series:PSL Quarterly Review
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Online Access:http://ojs.uniroma1.it/index.php/PSLQuarterlyReview/article/view/12468/12920