Bank response to capital requirements: Theory and Indian evidence

Nachane, D M and Narain, Aditya and Ghosh, Saibal and Sahoo, Satyananda (2001): Bank response to capital requirements: Theory and Indian evidence. Published in: Economic and Political Weekly , Vol. 36, No. 4 (2001): pp. 329-335.

Abstract

The paper discusses the theory of how banks' respond to risk-based capital standards and conducts an empirical estimation to ascertain the response of banks to capital requirements in the Indian context

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: capital; banking; India
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C3 - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models ; Multiple Variables > C33 - Panel Data Models ; Spatio-temporal Models; G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G21 - Banks ; Depository Institutions ; Micro Finance Institutions ; Mortgages

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