Saturday, May 25, 2013. 03:25 PM

My research papers, policy analysis and random thoughts on topics such as crisis, regulations and financial risk.

Jon Danielsson - London School of Economics

Countercyclical Capital and Currency Dependence

Jon Danielsson and Asgeir Jonsson
August 2005

The introduction of risk sensitive bank capital charges into currency dependent economies exasperates the inherent procyclicality of banking regulations and frustrates the conduct of monetary policy. By requiring capital charges resulting from foreign currency lending to be denominated in the same foreign currency, the capital charge becomes countercyclical.