Showing 1 - 10 of 1,395
We analyze the effect of a U.S. subprime mortgage regulation on the availability of mortgagecredit. Due to all subprime mortgage originators being affected by the regulation studied,there is no natural control group. We use a pro t maximization assumption to construct acontrol group. We nd no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012937901
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013031978
"New data reveals that bank distress peaked in New York City, at the center of the United States money market, in July and August 1931, when the banking crisis peaked in Germany and before Britain abandoned the gold standard. This paper tests competing theories about the causes of New York's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003729671
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012319453
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003365975
This paper aims at providing a conceptual distinction between banking and insurance with regard to systemic regulation. It discusses key differences and similarities as to how both sectors interact with the financial system. Insurers interact as financial intermediaries and through financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013046635
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003788757
The author develops a dynamic model of banking competition to determine which capital instrument is most effective in … incorporate charter value and competition for depositors into their risk-taking decision. The paper's main finding is that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003463658
We assess the influence of competition and capital regulation on the stability of the banking system. We particularly … show that competition improves the monitoring incentives of better quality banks and deteriorates the incentives of lower … quality banks; and that precisely for those lower quality banks competition typically compromises the effectiveness of capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348715
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010197094