Non-G-10 Countries and the Basle Capital Rules : How Tough a Challenge is it to Join the Basle Club? /

The 1988 Basle Capital Accord has introduced the norm of a risk-based capital ratio of 8 percent. It was negotiated among the G-10 countries to strengthen their international banks' capital base while simultaneously levelling the playing field for competition. Since 1988, a large number of non-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dziobek, Claudia
Other Authors: Frecaut, Olivier, Nieto, Maria
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1995.
Series:IMF Policy Discussion Papers; Policy Discussion Paper ; No. 1995/005
Online Access:Full text available on IMF