# Countercyclical buffer

`kaal:entity:countercyclical-buffer`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `countercyclical-buffer`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 1 works, 2012 to 2012.

**2012**

- [2061166-006](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2061166-006) [mechanism/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Mutual recognition of countercyclical capital buffers hollows out the national discretion the Commission proposal appears to grant: the financially strongest Member States with the largest financial sectors will effectively set the buffer size for smaller Member States whose institutions do business there.
  > Therefore, the financially stronger Member States with the largest financial sectors may dictate the size of countercyclical buffers for smaller Member States, thereby practically reducing any proposed national discretion.
  Christoph K. Henkel, Wulf A. Kaal, Contingent Capital in European Union Bank Restructuring (2012). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2061166
- [2061166-007](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2061166-007) [predictive/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Even the residual national discretion to set countercyclical buffers between 2.5 and 5 percent is misleading, because a Member State such as the United Kingdom is unlikely to sustain a 5 percent buffer while Germany requires only 2.5 percent and thereby hands German banks a competitive advantage.
  > The Commission proposal explicitly allows Member States to implement countercyclical buffers of up to 5%, but limits mutual recognition to the 2.5% ceiling. Even in these instances, the proposed discretion may be misleading.
  Christoph K. Henkel, Wulf A. Kaal, Contingent Capital in European Union Bank Restructuring (2012). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2061166

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