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. 2018 Aug 22;154(1):22. doi: 10.1186/s41937-018-0025-z

Table 4.

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

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%

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