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1、AtlEconJ(2007)35:383–389DOI10.1007/s11293-007-9096-4Basel-II:InternationalCompetitionIssuesGottfriedHaberPublishedonline:30November2007#InternationalAtlanticEconomicSociety2007AbstractBasel-IIhasbeenthoroughlydiscussed,bothinEuropeandintheUS.Whilethedi
2、scussionseveralyearsagofocusedmainlyontheexpectedcostduetotheimplementationofBasel-IIontheindividualbanklevel,therecentdiscussionpaysincreasingattentiontointernationalcompetitionissues,asEuropeisimplementingthenewcapitalaccordratherquickly,whileintheUS
3、thereissignificantdoubt,whetherBasel-IImightcauseseveredisadvantages.Thisarticlehighlightssometopics,whichmaybeimportanttoassesstheoverallcompetitioneffectsofBasel-II.Surprisingly,therearerelativelyfewfeaturesofBasel-IIthatmightleadtomajordisturbancesi
4、ninternationalcompetition,evenifBasel-IIwillbeimplementedbysomecountries,whileotherschoosenottodoso.KeywordsBasel-II.Financialinstitutions.Internationalcompetition.Banking.CapitalmarketregulationJELClassificationF33.F34.G18.G21.G38ThePerceptionofBasel-
5、IIWhendiscussingBasel-II(BaselCommitteeonBankingSupervision2003),thereareseveralsourcesoferrorinthecommonperceptionofthenewregulatoryframework.MostpeoplethinkofBasel-IIasaveryrestrictivesetofrules,limitingtheabilityofbankstograntloansespeciallytosmalla
6、ndmediumenterprisesandprivatecustomers.(Un-)fortunately,thisisnottrue,becauseBasel-IIcontainssomefeatures,whicharenotgenerallyknown,preventingmostoftheseeffects.ThebadG.Haber(*)DepartmentofEconomics,KlagenfurtUniversity,Universitaetsstrasse65-67,Klagen
7、furtA-9020,AUSTRIAe-mail:gottfried.haber@uni-klu.ac.at384G.HaberreputationofBasel-IIdoesnotfollowfromsoundknowledgeoftherules,butfroma“strategicmisuse”ofBasel-IIbycommercialbanks(atleastinEurope).Fromamarketingpointofview,Basel-IIisaverynicetooltocommu
8、nicatetothecustomers,how“benevolently”thecommercialbankwouldbewillingtograntnearlyunlimitedloanswithoutanysecuritiesatvirtuallyzerointerestratestothecustomers–only,iftherewerenoregulatoryconstraints,preventingthe“nicebank”fromdoingso.Th