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Because California was a pioneer in the development of intrastate branching, we use its experience during the 1920s and … 1930s to assess the effects of the expansion of large-scale, branch-banking networks on competition and the stability of … banks responded to increased competition from branch banks by changing their operations in ways consistent with efforts to …
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findings. Using data on national banks from the 1920s and 1930s, we show that branch banking increases competition and forces … strengthening the branch banks themselves. Our empirical results suggest that the effects that branching had on competition were …
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Maintaining sufficient liquidity in the financial system is vital for its stability. However, since returns on liquid assets are typically low, individual financial institutions may seek to hold fewer such assets, especially if they believe they can rely on other institutions for liquidity...
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This paper discusses the creation of a European Banking Union. First, we discuss questions of design. We highlight seven fundamental choices that decision makers will need to make: Which EU countries should participate in the banking union? To which categories of banks should it apply? Which...
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We study time-consistent bank resolution mechanisms. When interventions are ex post efficient, a government cannot commit not to inject capital into the banking system. Contrary to common wisdom, we show that the government may still avoid moral hazard and implement the first best allocation by...
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Among the many challenges facing the new Eurosystem is the possibility that the regions of the euro area will respond differently to interest rate changes. In this essay, I provide evidence that differences in financial structure are the proximate cause for these national asymmetries in the...
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The cross-country variation in the severity of the crisis was largely determined by three fundamentals: the strength of the banking system, the real appreciation, and the international liquidity of the country. We also find that the rule that links fundamentals to the crisis severity has been...
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