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We develop a quantitative equilibrium model of financial crises to assess the interaction between ex-post interventions in credit markets and the buildup of risk ex ante. During a systemic crisis, bailouts relax balance sheet constraints and mitigate the severity of the recession. Ex ante, the...
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This paper sets forth a discussion framework for the information requirements of systemic financial regulation. It …
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Macroprudential stress tests have been employed by regulators in the United States and Europe to assess and address the …
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This paper examines macroprudential policies in open emerging economies. It discusses how the recent financial crisis … has provided a rationale for macroprudential policies to help manage the economy and the need for policymakers to monitor … cycle, the growth of non-core liabilities of the financial sector, and evaluates macroprudential policy frameworks. The …
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This paper endogenizes intervention in financial crises as the strategic negotiation between a regulator and creditors of distressed banks. Incentives for banks to contribute to a voluntary bail-in arise from their exposure to financial contagion. In equilibrium, a bail-in is possible only if...
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From 2010 to 2012, the relation between bank stock returns from European Union (EU) countries and the returns on sovereign CDS of peripheral (GIIPS) countries is negative. We use days with tail sovereign CDS returns of peripheral countries to identify the effects of shocks to the cost of...
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Financial institutions may be vulnerable to predatory short selling. When the stock of a financial institution is shorted aggressively, leverage constraints imposed by short-term creditors can force the institution to liquidate long-term investments at fire sale prices. For financial...
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inforamtion framework shows why the banking sector is so important to the economy, and provides a rationale for bank regulation …
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how capital regulation, liquidity regulation, deposit insurance, loan to value limits, and dividend taxes interact to … offset these frictions. We compare agents welfare in the decentralized equilibrium absent regulation with welfare in … equilibria that prevail with various regulations that are optimally chosen. In general, regulation can lead to Pareto …
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Financial crises cause economic, social and political havoc. Macroprudential policies are gaining traction but are …
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