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Journal of Finance Vol. 38 No. 5 1983

Regulation and the Determination of Bank Capital Changes: A Note

J. Kimball Dietrich; Christopher M. James1

1 Southern California Reproductive Center

Abstract

The effectiveness of bank capital adequacy requirements is examined in this paper. Using empirical tests similar to those employed by Peltzman and Mingo, no significant relationship is found between changes in bank capital and the capital standards imposed by regulators. The findings conflict with those of previous studies. The conflict in findings, it is argued, results from the failure of previous studies to account for the effect of binding deposit rate ceilings.

DOI
10.1111/j.1540-6261.1983.tb03848.x
Volume
38
Issue
5
Pages
1651-1658
Language
en
Sources
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