Excessive credit growth and countercyclical capital buffers in basel III: an empirical evidence from central and east european countries

Seidler, Jakub and Gersl, Adam (2012): Excessive credit growth and countercyclical capital buffers in basel III: an empirical evidence from central and east european countries. Published in: ACTA VSFS , Vol. 6, No. 2 (2012): p. 91.

Abstract

Excessive credit growth is often considered to be an indicator of future problems in the financial sector. This paper examines the issue of how best to determine whether the observed level of private sector credit is excessive in the context of the “countercyclical capital buffer”, a macroprudential tool proposed in the new regulatory framework of Basel II by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. An empirical analysis of selected Central and Eastern European countries, including the Czech Republic, provides alternative estimates of excessive private credit and shows that the HP filter calculation proposed by the Basel Committee is not necessarily a suitable indicator of excessive credit growth for converging countries.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: credit growth, financial crisis, countercyclical capital buffer, Basel II
• Subjects: G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G18 - Government Policy and Regulation; G - Financial Economics > G0 - General > G01 - Financial Crises; G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G21 - Banks ; Depository Institutions ; Micro Finance Institutions ; Mortgages

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