Nguyen, QTTGan, ChristopherLi, Zhaohua2019-04-302019-04-072019-04-072019-03-221608-1625IA5MG (isidoc)https://hdl.handle.net/10182/10619This study examines how capital regulation affects bank capital ratio in Asia during the period 2001–2015. Employing a new capital regulation measurement and System Generalized Method of Moments estimation, our study shows that: (i) Capital regulation has been effective in inducing banks to raise capital ratios; (ii) Bank capital ratios are affected by bank characteristics and macro-economic factors, similar to non-financial firms; (iii) The effects of bank characteristics and macro-economic factors vary across banks in developed, emerging and frontier countries, as well as countries with and without Basel Committee membership.27 pagesen© 2019 City University of Hong Kong and National Taiwan UniversityAsiabank capital regulationsBasel IIIcapital ratiocapital regulation indexJournal Article10.1080/16081625.2019.16004192164-2257ANZSRC::35 Commerce, management, tourism and servicesANZSRC::38 Economics