Why macropru can end up being procyclical
Danielsson, Jon
; Macrae, Robert; Tsomocos, Dimitrios P.; and Zigrand, Jean-Pierre
(2016)
Why macropru can end up being procyclical.
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Discretionary macroprudential policies aim to be countercyclical by adjusting risk-taking across the financial cycle. This column argues that the opposite effect may happen in certain cases. Depending on how regulators measure risk and how they react, the eventual outcome may well be procyclical, with serious unintended consequences.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords | macropru,risk-taking,financial cycle,macroprudential,pro cyclical |
| Departments |
Finance Systemic Risk Centre Financial Markets Group |
| Date Deposited | 24 Mar 2017 15:16 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/70711 |
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