Bank pay caps, bank risk, and macroprudential regulation

This paper studies the consequences of a regulatory pay cap in proportion to assets onbank risk, bank value, and bank asset allocations. The cap is shown to lower banks' riskand raise banks' values by acting against a competitive externality in the labour market.The risk reduction is achie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thanassoulis, J
Format: Working paper
Published: University of Oxford 2012