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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| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2018.
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| Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2018/222 |
| Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |