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How much capital should banks hold?

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  • Mendicino, Caterina
  • Nikolov, Kalin
  • Ramirez, Juan-Rubio
  • Suarez, Javier
  • Supera, Dominik

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Episodes such as the current coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis might lead to a significant rise in borrower defaults and, consequently, weakness in the banking sector. Having well-capitalised banks makes the financial system more resilient to such episodes. We assess how much capital would be optimal for banks to hold, taking into consideration the risk of banking crises driven by borrower defaults (which we term “twin default crises”). JEL Classification: G01, G28

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  • Mendicino, Caterina & Nikolov, Kalin & Ramirez, Juan-Rubio & Suarez, Javier & Supera, Dominik, 2021. "How much capital should banks hold?," Research Bulletin, European Central Bank, vol. 80.
    • Handle: RePEc:ecb:ecbrbu:2021:0080:
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    2. Matthew Baron & Emil Verner & Wei Xiong, 2021. "Banking Crises Without Panics," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 136(1), pages 51-113.
    3. Caterina Mendicino & Kalin Nikolov & Juan Rubio-Ramirez & Javier Suarez & Dominik Supera, 2020. "Twin Default Crises," Working Papers wp2020_2006, CEMFI.
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    Keywords

    Bank capital requirements; Banking crises;

    JEL classification:

    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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