The Effects of Higher Bank Capital Requirements on Credit in Peru /

This paper offers novel evidence on the impact of raising bank capital requirements in the context of an emerging market: Peru. Using quarterly bank-level data and exploiting the adoption of bank-specific capital buffers, we find that higher capital requirements have a short-lived, negative impact o...

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Main Author: Fang, Xiangming
Other Authors: Jutrsa, David, Martinez Peria, Maria, Presbitero, Andrea, Ratnovski, Lev, Vardy, Felix
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/222
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