their interbank exposures. The micro-founded framework allows inter alia for endogenous bank defaults and bank capital … requirements. In addition, we introduce a central bank who intervenes directly in the interbank market through liquidity injections … the remaining structures show a non-negligible shock propagation mechanism. Finally, we show that central bank …

this policy through banks. This paper examines the role of bank liquidity, capitalization and market power as internal … monetary policy change on bank performance is also considered. The empirical analysis, using large panel datasets for the … rates by disaggregating down to the individual bank level. This is achieved by the use of a Local GMM technique that also …

bank activity has on interbank markets. In our model, banks optimize a portfolio of risky investments and riskless excess … household deposits. We then introduce a central bank into the model and show that central bank activity enhances financial … stability. We model the default of a large bank and analyse the resulting contagion effects. This is compared to a common shock …

, economies whose banking sectors remain well-capitalized experience smaller reductions in bank lending and less pronounced … downturns. Bank capital thus increases an economy's ability to absorb shocks and, in doing so, affects the conduct of monetary … policy. The model is also used to shed light on the ongoing debate over bank capital regulation. …