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operational risk significantly threatens financial stability. Using supervisory data on large U.S. bank holding companies (BHCs …
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An important theoretical literature motivates collateral as a mechanism that mitigates adverse selection, credit rationing, and other inefficiencies that arise when borrowers hold ex ante private information. There is no clear empirical evidence regarding the central implication of this...
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Prudential bank supervision is designed to enhance financial stability, but we are unaware of research linking this … to systemic risk. Using instrumental variables, we find significantly smaller bank contributions to systemic risk after … reduction than those against individual bank managers …
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Theory suggests that government aid to banks may either reduce or increase systemic risk. We are the first to address this issue empirically, analyzing the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP). Analysis suggests that TARP significantly reduced contributions to systemic risk, particularly for...
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We present a life cycle view of how systemic risks build during a boom, are realized during the following crisis, and are addressed in the aftermath. We also offer potential explanations of the seemingly irrational behavior by private-sector agents and policy makers. We show how the model...
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An important theoretical literature motivates collateral as a mechanism that mitigates adverse selection, credit rationing, and other inefficiencies that arise when borrowers hold ex ante private information. There is no clear empirical evidence regarding the central implication of this...
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The U.S. bank stress tests aim to improve financial system stability. However, they may also affect bank credit supply …
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