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The Impact of Liquidity Regulation on Bank Intermediation

Bonner, Clemens; Eijffinger, Sylvester C W - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

We analyze the impact of non-compliance with a requirement similar to the Basel III Liquidity Coverage Ratio and its … non-compliance with a liquidity requirement causes banks to pay and charge higher interest rates as well as to increase … be affected by the requirement. While non-compliance with a liquidity requirement does not seem to directly affect …

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Sovereign Risk, Fiscal Policy, and Macroeconomic Stability

Corsetti, Giancarlo; Kuester, Keith; Meier, André; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

This paper analyzes the impact of strained government finances on macroeconomic stability and the transmission of fiscal policy. Using a variant of the model by Curdia and Woodford (2009), we study a 'sovereign risk channel' through which sovereign default risk raises funding costs in the...

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Exchange rate regimes and fiscal multipliers

Born, Benjamin; Juessen, Falko; Müller, Gernot - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

Does the fiscal multiplier depend on the exchange rate regime and, if so, how strongly? To address this question, we first estimate a panel vector autoregression (VAR) model on time-series data for OECD countries. We identify the effects of unanticipated government spending shocks in countries...

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Cross-border spillovers from fiscal stimulus

Corsetti, Giancarlo; Meier, André; Müller, Gernot - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

The global recession of 2008-09 has revived interest in the international repercussions of domestic policy choices. This paper focuses on the case of fiscal stimulus, investigating cross-border spillovers from an increase in exhaustive government spending on the basis of a two-country business...

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Floats, pegs and the transmission of fiscal policy

Corsetti, Giancarlo; Kuester, Keith; Müller, Gernot - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

According to conventional wisdom, fiscal policy is more effective under a fixed than under a flexible exchange rate regime. In this paper we reconsider the transmission of shocks to government spending across these regimes within a standard new-Keynesian model of a small open economy. Because of...

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Debt consolidation and fiscal stabilization of deep recessions

Corsetti, Giancarlo; Kuester, Keith; Meier, André; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

The global financial crisis of 2008-09 has sent public debt on sharply higher trajectories. With the economic recovery gradually taking hold, the focus is now shifting to fiscal "exit" strategies. Medium-term consolidation efforts are likely to include not only tax increases but also sizeable...

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A dynamic analysis of bank bailouts and constructive ambiguity

Eijffinger, Sylvester C W; Nijskens, Rob - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

to liquidity assistance as a solution to forbearance. Faced with a bank that chooses capital and liquidity, the … institution providing liquidity assistance can commit to a mixed strategy: never bailing out is too costly and therefore not … credible, while always bailing out causes moral hazard. In equilibrium, the bank chooses above minimum capital and liquidity …

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Complementing Bagehot: Illiquidity and insolvency resolution

Eijffinger, Sylvester C W; Nijskens, Rob - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

During the recent financial crisis, central banks have provided liquidity and governments have set up rescue programmes … bank suffering from liquidity shocks, we find that the unregulated bank keeps too much liquidity and monitors too little. A … central bank can alleviate the liquidity problem, but induces moral hazard. Therefore, we introduce an additional authority …

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The lender of last resort: liquidity provision versus the possibility of bail-out

Eijffinger, Sylvester C W; Nijskens, Rob - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

banks have provided liquidity and ministries of finance have set up rescue programmes to restore confidence and stability …. Using a model of a systemic bank suffering from liquidity shocks, we find that the unregulated bank keeps too much liquidity … and takes excessive risk compared to the social optimum. A Lender of Last Resort can alleviate the liquidity problem, but …

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Does austerity pay off?

Born, Benjamin; Müller, Gernot; Pfeifer, Johannes - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

We ask whether cuts of government consumption lower or raise the sovereign default premium. To address this question, we set up a new data set for 38 emerging and advanced economies which contains quarterly time-series observations for sovereign default premia, government consumption, and...

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