We examine how the banking sector may ignite the formation of asset price bubbles when there is access to abundant … liquidity. Inside banks, given lack of observability of effort, loan officers (or risk takers) are compensated based on the … macroeconomic risk, investors reduce direct investment and hold more bank deposits. This ‘flight to quality’ leaves banks flush with …

in their business cycles relative to those of advanced economies. Information on the domestic price of risk, cost of …

in their business cycles relative to those of advanced economies. Information on the domestic price of risk, cost of …

risk. Current reporting standards for derivatives exposures are nevertheless inadequate for assessing these systemic risk … contributions. In this paper, I explain how a transparency standard, in contrast to the current standard, would facilitate such risk … lack of standardization, they cannot be aggregated to assess the risk to the system. I highlight the important contribution …

risk. Current reporting standards for derivatives exposures are nevertheless inadequate for assessing these systemic risk … contributions. In this paper, I explain how a transparency standard, in contrast to the current standard, would facilitate such risk … lack of standardization, they cannot be aggregated to assess the risk to the system. I highlight the important contribution …

. Anticipation of this generates an equilibrium featuring systemic risk in which all banks choose inefficiently high leverage to fund …