Abstract:Patricia Correa: Endless pages have been written on the potential flaws that could prevent Basel II from achieving the ultimate goal of increasing financial stability worldwide by improving bank risk management and making capital requirements more sensitive to risk. Criticisms, which are sometimes contradictory, can be grouped into five categories. First, the new accord offers alternative approaches for measuring capital requirements (two versions of the standardized approach and two of the internal ratingsbas… Show more
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