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Using evidence from Russia, we explore the effect of the introduction of deposit insurance on bank risk. Drawing on …
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turmoil has thrown up issues for discussion. These include: 1. The scale and scope of deposit insurance; 2. Bank insolvency … regimes, also known as prompt corrective action'; 3. Money market operations by Central Banks; 4. Commercial bank liquidity …
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We explore the rationale for regulatory rules that prohibit banks from developing some of their natural activities when their capital level is low, as epitomized by the US Prompt Corrective Action (PCA). This paper is built on two insights. First, in a moral hazard setting, capital requirement...
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We suggest an explanation for the existence of “mission drift”, the tendency for Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) to lend money to wealthier borrowers rather than to the very poor. We focus on the relationship between MFIs and external funding institutions. We assume that both the MFIs and...
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Advantageous (or propitious) selection occurs when an increase in the premium of an insurance contract induces high-cost agents to quit, thereby reducing the average cost among remaining buyers. Hemenway (1990) and many subsequent contributions motivate its advent by differences in risk-aversion...
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How do parties motivate candidates to exert effort in closed-list elections? If each candidate's primary goal is winning a seat, then those in safe and hopeless list positions have weak incentives to campaign. We present a model in which (i) candidates care about both legislative seats and the...
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We analyze the impact of introducing a central bank-issued digital currency (CBDC) on the operational framework of … frictional interbank market, a central bank with deposit and lending facilities, and household preferences for different liquid …' has a rather small effect on bank lending to the real economy, and hence on aggregate investment and GDP. This result …
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’, if fiscal consolidation is combined with a program for bank recovery and for competitiveness and growth. The second …
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Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are receiving more attention than ever before. Yet the motivations for issuance … policy stances on issuance, relying on central bank speeches and technical reports. Most projects are found in digitised … which the CBDC is a direct cash-like claim on the central bank, but where the private sector handles all customer …
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U.S. banking crisis of the 20th century. Our systemic risk measure captures both the credit risk of an individual bank … as well as a bank’s position in the network. We construct linkages between all U.S. commercial banks in 1929 and 1934 so … banking crisis that occurred between 1930{33 raised systemic risk per bank by 33% and increased the riskiness of the very …
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