#AI #OpenAI #ChatGPT: Why are business schools silent on bank regulations capital favoring public debt and residential mortgages over loans to businesses?
"Taking exception of bankers with a vested interest in lower bank capital requirements, why do business schools keep silence on current risk weighted bank capital/equity requirements, which so much favor public debt and residential mortgages over loans to businesses?"
"The silence of business schools on current risk-weighted bank capital and equity requirements, which favor public debt and residential mortgages over business loans, could stem from several factors:
1. Curriculum Focus: Business schools often emphasize broader financial theory, strategy, and corporate management, leaving regulatory specifics—like Basel III or risk-weighted capital requirements—largely to specialized finance or banking courses. There may also be a gap between academic theory and evolving industry regulations.
2. Conventional Wisdom: Traditional finance education often leans on the belief that the financial system, particularly through regulations like Basel III, is structured to ensure stability. Schools might avoid critiquing such frameworks because they are considered to provide a safeguard for economic stability, despite their flaws.
3. Complexity and Specialization: The nuances of risk-weighted capital requirements, and how they bias toward government debt and mortgages, require deep expertise in regulatory finance. These topics may not be central to most business school programs unless they specialize in banking or financial regulation.
4. Influence of Public Policy and Government Debt: Governments often play a significant role in setting economic policy, including bank regulations that incentivize public debt. Business schools may avoid critiquing the regulatory preference for public debt due to the sensitive nature of questioning public finance priorities, which align with national interests in borrowing.
5. Industry Ties: Many business schools have close relationships with financial institutions. Since many banks benefit from these capital requirements—especially the ability to hold safer assets like government debt or residential mortgages—there might be an implicit bias not to highlight the flaws of the system that favors such institutions. Critiquing these requirements could indirectly challenge the business models of key financial players who often fund or partner with business schools.
6. Focus on Corporate Strategy: Business schools may prioritize corporate finance over topics related to broader macroeconomic or regulatory critiques. As a result, the debate over the impact of capital requirements on business lending might not be a primary focus in business education.
While some specialized finance courses or programs might address these issues, the overall silence could reflect a blend of institutional inertia, academic focus on other priorities, and complex relationships with the financial industry.
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