This paper studies the effects of harmonizing collateral policy in a monetary union. In 2007, the European Central Bank … replaced national collateral lists with a single list specifying which assets euro area banks can pledge as collateral. Banks … harmonized collateral framework facilitates cross-border lending to borrowing-constrained firms and, thereby, increases financial …

This paper studies the effects of harmonizing collateral policy in a monetary union. In 2007, the European Central Bank … replaced national collateral lists with a single list specifying which assets euro area banks can pledge as collateral. Banks … harmonized collateral framework facilitates cross-border lending to borrowing-constrained firms and, thereby, increases financial …

This paper analyzes the effects of the financial crisis on credit supply by using highly detailed data on bank … borrowers' risk, by exploiting multiple lending. We find evidence of a contraction of credit supply, associated to low bank …' productivity and interest rates at bank-firm level …

Does central bank collateral policy contribute to financial market integration? We address this question by exploiting … that, in 2007, the European Central Bank replaced national collateral frameworks by a single list. Under the single list … regime, euro area banks could pledge all euro area bank loans as collateral, not only domestic loans as before the framework …

, they are subject to potential runs. We derive distinct liquidity, collateral, and asset liquidation constraints, which … ward off an individual run depends on whether it has sufficient liquidity, collateral, and asset liquidation capacity … possible if shocks to the valuation of collateral held by outside investors are sufficiently strong and uniform, and if the …

potential runs. We derive distinct liquidity, collateral, and asset liquidation constraints, which determine whether a run can … depends on whether it has sufficient liquidity, collateral, and asset liquidation capacity. These determinants are endogenous … productivity and size. Moreover, systemic runs are possible if shocks to the valuation of collateral held by outside investors are …