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Cao, Jin; Illing, Gerhard - CESifo - 2008

pure illiquidity risk. It is shown that, when bad states are highly unlikely, public provision of liquidity may improve the … an incentive of financial intermediaries to free ride on liquidity in good states, resulting in excessively low liquidity … more liquid investment. In that case, liquidity injection will make the free riding problem even worse. The results show …

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Financial Fragility, Bubbles and Monetary Policy

Illing, Gerhard - CESifo - 2001

prevent a run on financial intermediation by injecting liquidity when asset values fall significantly. The inflationary side … a central bank to inject liquidity in a crisis. …

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Global Financial Transmission of Monetary Policy Shocks

Ehrmann, Michael; Fratzscher, Marcel - CESifo - 2006

The paper shows that US monetary policy has been an important determinant of global equity markets. Analysing 50 equity markets worldwide, we find that returns fall on average around 3.8% in response to a 100 basis point tightening of US monetary policy, ranging from a zero response in some to a...

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Macroeconomic Factors and Micro-Level Bank Risk

Buch, Claudia M.; Eickmeier, Sandra; Prieto, Esteban - CESifo - 2010

The interplay between banks and the macroeconomy is of key importance for financial and economic stability. We analyze this link using a factor-augmented vector autoregressive model (FAVAR) which extends a standard VAR for the U.S. macroeconomy. The model includes GDP growth, inflation, the...

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In Search for Yield? New Survey-Based Evidence on Bank Risk Taking

Buch, Claudia M.; Eickmeier, Sandra; Prieto, Esteban - CESifo - 2011

There is growing consensus that the conduct of monetary policy can have an impact on financial and economic stability through the risk-taking incentives of banks. Falling interest rates might induce a “search for yield” and generate incentives to invest into risky activities. This paper...

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