Cyclical Effects of Bank Capital Requirements with Imperfect Credit Markets

This paper analyzes the cyclical effects of bank capital requirements in a simple model with credit market imperfections. Lending rates are set as a premium over the cost of borrowing from the central bank, with the premium itself depending on firm...

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Main Authors: Agénor, Pierre-Richard, Pereira da Silva, Luiz A.
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20091007120449
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4262