Leverage Ratio and its Potential For Enhancing the Effectiveness of Capital Regulation

The article deals with the procyclical development of risk weights and hence the risk-weighted capital ratio. The leverage ratio should be included in the regulatory reform package (CRR2) as a (non-risk-weighted) prudential backstop. The article defines the complementary relationship of capital and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pfeifer Lukáš, Pikhart Zdeněk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2019-05-01
Series:Journal of Central Banking Theory and Practice
Subjects:
g2
g18
g21
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/jcbtp-2019-0017