# In an op-ed, Profs. Viral Acharya and Robert Engle discuss banking stress tests

1 Faculty News March 14, 2014 ![VoxEU logo ](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030499.jpg?itok=Qjpc4sQk)>

Excerpt from [Vox](http://www.voxeu.org/article/making-macroprudential-stress-tests-more-effective) -- "This column argues that macro stress tests would be more effective if capital requirements were measured differently from the current regulatory risk weight-based approach, and in particular, were based on total assets and on market risks."

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