Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/210703 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
Staff Report No. 851
Publisher: 
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, NY
Abstract: 
Bank capital requirements are based on a mix of market values and book values. We investigate the effects of a policy change that ties regulatory capital to the market value of the "available-for-sale" investment securities portfolio for some banking organizations. Our analysis is based on security-level data on individual bank portfolios matched to bond characteristics. We find little clear evidence that banks respond by reducing the riskiness of their securities portfolios, although there is some evidence of a greater use of derivatives to hedge securities exposures. Instead, banks respond by reclassifying securities to mitigate the effects of the policy change. This shift is most pronounced for securities with high levels of interest rate risk.
Subjects: 
bank
securities
available-for-sale
capital regulation
fair value accounting
JEL: 
G21
G23
G28
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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