Skip to main content

Table 4 Impact on real GDP resulting from a 1 percentage point increase in the Basel III leverage ratio assuming 100% pass through

From: Optimal equity capital requirements for large Swiss banks

Increase in LR

Linear regression (1)

No M-M effect (2)

Impact on WACC

(RP = 5%)

Impact on WACC

(RP = 10%)

Impact on WACC

(RP = 5%)

Impact on WACC

(RP = 10%)

Basel III Tier 1 Look-through

0.030%

0.032%

0.055%

0.060%

Basel III CET1 Look-through

0.038%

0.042%

0.071%

0.077%

  1. Note: (1) The calculation is based on the estimated M-M offset resulting from the linear regression 2001Q2 to 2015Q2 (see Table 1). (2) Calculated under the assumption that the required return remains invariant to leverage