Some stylized facts about transactions among banks are not easily reconciled with coinsurance of short-term liquidity risks. In our model, interbank markets play a different role. We argue that lending to another bank can reduce a bank's overall portfolio risk through diversification. If...

This paper studies the link between bank capital regulation, bank loan contracts and the allocation of corporate resources across firms' different business lines. Credit risk is lower when firms write contracts that oblige them to invest mainly into projects with highly tangible assets. We argue...

Achim Hauck geht der Frage nach, ob Investitionsentscheidungen von bankfinanzierten Unternehmen durch Fehlanreize gekennzeichnet sind. Er zeigt, dass unternehmerische Fehlanreize bei der Investition durch geeignet ausgestaltete Mindesteigenkapitalanforderungen an die sie finanzierenden Banken...

This paper investigates how business cycle volatility affects internal and external funding sources of banks. It argues that excessive credit growth, credit cycles, and bank failures are phenomena related to distinct patterns of banks' financing options over the cycle