Optimal Dynamic Capital Requirements

31 Pages Posted: 14 Nov 2017

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Caterina Mendicino

European Central Bank (ECB) - Directorate General Research

Kalin Nikolov

European Central Bank (ECB)

Javier Suarez

Centre for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Dominik Supera

Columbia Business School

Date Written: September 2017

Abstract

We characterize welfare maximizing capital requirement policies in a quantitative macro-banking model with household, firm and bank defaults calibrated to Euro Area data. We optimize on the level of the capital requirements applied to each loan class and their sensitivity to changes in default risk. We find that getting the level right (so that bank failure risk remains contained) is of foremost importance, while the optimal sensitivity to default risk is positive but typically smaller than under Basel IRB formulas. Starting from low levels, savers and borrowers benefit from higher capital requirements. At higher levels, only savers prefer tighter requirements.

Keywords: Macroprudential policy; Bank fragility; Capital requirements; Financial frictions; Default risk

JEL Classification: E3, E44, G01, G21

Suggested Citation

Mendicino, Caterina and Nikolov, Kalin and Suarez, Javier and Supera, Dominik, Optimal Dynamic Capital Requirements (September 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3068943 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3068943

Caterina Mendicino (Contact Author)

European Central Bank (ECB) - Directorate General Research ( email )

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Kalin Nikolov

European Central Bank (ECB) ( email )

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Javier Suarez

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Dominik Supera

Columbia Business School ( email )

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