01711cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007962 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451853704 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Kupiec, Paul. The New Basel Capital Accord : The Devil Is in the (Calibration) Details / Paul Kupiec. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001. 1 online resource (21 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper considers characteristics of the capital requirements proposed in The New Basel Capital Accord (2001). Formal analysis identifies calibration features that could give rise to unintended consequences that may include: concentration of credit risk in institutions that are less well equipped to measure and manage risks; an overabundance of thinly capitalized high quality long-maturity credits in foundation Internal Ratings-Based (IRB) banks; distortions in the secondary market for discount or premium credits; an increase in the difficulty of resolving distressed financial institutions; and incentives to distort the accuracy of loan loss provisions. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2001/113 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2001/113/001.2001.issue-113-en.xml IMF e-Library