Are Capital Ratios Procyclical? Evidence from Turkish Banking Data

This paper contributes to the literature by providing recent empirical evidence about the positioning of the capital adequacy ratios (Basel II capital adequacy ratio and leverage ratio as proposed by Basel III) of Turkish banks and the business cycle. As in many emerging countries, the Turkish real...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Neslihan Topbaş Turguttopbas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2018-09-01
Series:Journal of Central Banking Theory and Practice
Subjects:
g21
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/jcbtp-2018-0028