The Forced Safety Effect: How Higher Capital Requirements Can Increase Bank Lending

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Finance
Year: 2020
Volume: 75
Issue: 6
Pages: 3013-3053

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Government guarantees generate an implicit subsidy for banks. A capital requirement reduces this subsidy, through a simple liability composition effect. However, the guarantees also make a bank undervalue loans that generates surplus in states of the world in which it defaults. Raising the capital requirement makes the bank safer, which alleviates this problem. We refer to this mechanism, which we argue is empirically relevant, as the forced safety effect.

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RePEc Handle
repec:bla:jfinan:v:75:y:2020:i:6:p:3013-3053
Journal Field
Finance
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-24