# kaal:claim:2061166-037

**Claim.** Convergence of contingent capital standards is impeded by a first mover problem: single jurisdictions hesitate to impose contingent capital requirements before they know how competing jurisdictions and their financial institutions will structure their own rules.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- jurisdictions whose banks compete internationally

**Source quote.**

> This could partially be due to a first mover problem. Single jurisdictions could be hesitant to implement contingent capital requirements without first knowing how other jurisdictions and financial institutions that compete with their home institutions may structure their contingent capital rules.

**From.** Christoph K. Henkel, Wulf A. Kaal, *Contingent Capital in European Union Bank Restructuring* (2012), VII. CONVERGENCE, page 71

**Cite as.** Christoph K. Henkel, Wulf A. Kaal, Contingent Capital in European Union Bank Restructuring (2012). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2061166

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**Failure mode.** First mover problem in contingent capital regulation  (family: collective-action-and-coordination-failure)

**Topics.** contingent-capital, economics

**Keywords.** first-mover-problem, convergence, contingent-capital, regulatory-competition, harmonization

**Related claims.**

- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/1908473-021

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