Procyclicality of Buffer Capital and Its Implications for Basel II: A Cross Country Analysis

This paper investigates the cyclical patterns of buffer capital using an unbalanced panel data for the banks in 30 OECD countries and 7 non-OECD Asian countries. We test whether the relationships between buffer capital and business cycle are systematically different across country groups controlling...

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Main Author: Lee, Hang yong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korea Development Institute 2007-06-01
Series:KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.23895/kdijep.2005.29.1180