Acharya, Viral V; Le, Hanh; Shin, Hyun Song - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
across banks. In particular, by paying out dividends, a bank transfers value to its shareholders away from its creditors, who … in turn are other banks. This way, one bank's dividend payout policy aects the equity value and risk of default of otther … banks. When such negative externalities are strong and bank franchise values are not too low, the private equilibrium can …