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9781498312097
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IMF working paper WP/19, 86
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This paper discusses issues in calibrating the countercyclical capital buffer (CCB) based on a sample of EU countries. It argues that the main indicator for buffer decisions under the Basel III framework, the credit-to-GDP gap, does not always work best in terms of covering bank loan losses that go beyond what could be expected from economic downturns. Instead, in the case of countries with short financial cycles and/or low financial deepening such as transition and developing economies, the Basel gap is shown to work best when computed with a low, smoothing factor and adjusted for the degree of financial deepening. The paper also analyzes issues in calibrating an appropriate size of the CCB and, using a loss function approach, points to a tradeoff between stability of the buffer size and cost efficiency considerations
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Wezel, Torsten Conceptual Issues in Calibrating the Basel III Countercyclical Capital Buffer Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019 ISBN 9781498312097
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English
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DOI:
10.5089/9781498312097.001
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Wezel, Torsten 1967-
