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We examine the dynamics of eleven different deposit rates for a panel of over 2,500 branches of about 900 depository institutions observed weekly over ten years. We replicate previous work showing that rates are downwards-flexible and upwards-sticky, and show that a simple menu cost model can...
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I develop a model where the sovereign debt capacity depends on the capitalization of domestic banks. Low-capital banks optimally tilt their government bond portfolio toward domestic securities, linking their destiny to that of the sovereign. If the sovereign risk is sufficiently high,...
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This paper analyzes the run on Continental Illinois in 1984. We find that the run slowed but did not stop following an extraordinary government intervention, which included the guarantee of all liabilities of the bank and a commitment to provide ongoing liquidity support. Continental's outflows...
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Deposit insurance designs in many countries place a limit on the coverage of deposits in each bank. However, no limits are placed on the number of accounts held with different banks. Therefore, under limited deposit insurance, some consumers open accounts with different banks to achieve higher...
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Deposit insurance schemes in many countries place a limit on the coverage of deposits in each bank. However, no limits are placed on the number of accounts held with different banks. Therefore, under limited deposit insurance, some consumers open accounts with different banks to achieve higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032989
When collateral is safe, there are less opportunities for things to go wrong. We examine matching between collateral … (CMBS) conduits and bank portfolios. We model CMBS financing as lower cost but less informed, such that only safe collateral … securitization channel, when available, funds safe collateral …
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This paper investigates contagion in financial networks through both debt and collateral markets. We find that the role … of collateral is mitigating counterparty exposures and reducing contagion but has a phase transition property. Contagion … can change dramatically depending on the amount of collateral relative to the debt exposures. When there is an abundance …
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Our paper studies the role of the collateral channel for bank credit using confidential bank-firm-loan data. We … estimate that for a 1 percent increase in collateral values, firms pledging real estate collateral experience a 12 basis point …
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lending to bad projects under loose standards with inefficient collateral liquidation under tight standards …
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We construct a model of a bank's optimal funding choice, where the bank negotiates with both safety-driven short-term bondholders and (mostly) risk-taking long-term bondholders. We establish that investor demands for safety create a negative relationship between the bank's capital choices and...
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