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Over the past two decades, banks have increasingly focused on offering contingent credit in the form of credit lines as a primary means of corporate borrowing. We review the existing body of research regarding the rationales for banks' provision of liquidity insurance in the form of credit...
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demand of new margin and clearing practices and regulations. We decompose collateral demand for both customers and dealers … impact on collateral demand of more widespread initial margin requirements, increased novation of CDS to central clearing …-specialized types, and client clearing. Among other results, we show that system-wide collateral demand is increased significantly by …
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We study specialized lending in a credit market competition model with private information. Two banks, equipped with similar data processing systems, possess "general" signals regarding the borrower's quality. However, the specialized bank gains an additional advantage through further...
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careful examination of collateral. As this examination is more valuable when collateral backs projects with low productivity …
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are not monotonic in borrower type; (4) inefficient liquidation can occur. In renegotiation seniority and collateral are …
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the cost of ex-post inefficiency when there are adverse aggregate shocks to the fundamental quality of collateral … shocks by engaging in collateral liquidations. Financial arbitrage by less leveraged financial intermediaries equilibrates … returns from acquiring collateral at fire-sale prices and returns from real-sector lending, inducing higher lending rates, a …
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monetary policy. The theory unifies an endogenous supply of illiquid local loans and risk-sharing among subsidiaries of bank …
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This paper develops a network model of interbank lending, in which banks decide to extend credit to their potential borrowers. Borrowers are subject to shocks that may force them to default on their loans. In contrast to much of the previous literature on financial networks, we focus on how...
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Standard economic theory says that unsecured, high-interest, short-term debt -- such as borrowing via credit cards and …
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Global liquidity refers to the volumes of financial flows - largely intermediated through global banks and non-bank financial institutions - that can move at relatively high frequencies across borders. The amplitude of responses to global conditions like risk sentiment, discussed in the context...
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