Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/26863 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
Preprints of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods No. 2005,6
Publisher: 
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper discusses the relationship between bank size and risk-taking under Pillar I of the New Basel Capital Accord. Using a model with imperfect competition and moral hazard, we find that small banks (and hence small borrowers) may profit from the introduction of an internal ratings based (IRB) approach if this approach is applied uniformly across banks. However, the banks’ right to choose between the standardized and the IRB approaches unambiguously hurts small banks, and pushes them towards higher risk-taking due to fiercer competition. This may even lead to higher aggregate risk in the economy.
Subjects: 
Basel II
IRB approach
bank competition
capital requirements
SME financing
JEL: 
G21
G28
L11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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