Banks’ capital, regulation and the financial crisis

This paper investigates whether regulatory capital requirements play an important role in determining banks’ equity capital. We estimate equity capital regressions using panel data of a sample of 560 banks for 2004-2010. Our results suggest that regulatory capital requirements are not first order de...

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Main Author: Teixeira, João (author)
Other Authors: Silva, Francisco (author), Fernandes, Ana V. (author), Alves, Ana Carolina Gomes (author)
Format: workingPaper
Language:eng
Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/5075
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.uac.pt:10400.3/5075