We present a simple neoclassical model to explore how an aggregate bank-capital requirement can be used as a … macroeconomic policy tool and how this additional tool interacts with monetary policy. Aggregate bank-capital requirements should be … banker. Second, setting aggregate bank-capital requirements is separated from monetary policy. …

We study differences in the price paid for liquidity across banks using price data at the individual bank level. Unique … to gauge the extent to which a bank is short or long liquidity. We find that the price a bank pays for liquidity depends … occur and short banks pay more the larger is the potential for a squeeze. The price paid for liquidity is decreasing in bank …

bank market values hardly respond to changes in the default risk of individual systemic banks. Together, however, changes …

This paper seeks to understand the interplay between banks, bank regulation, sovereign default risk and central bank … guarantees in a monetary union. I assume that banks can use sovereign bonds for repurchase agreements with a common central bank … cheaply, effectively shifting the risk of some of the potential sovereign default losses on the common central bank. …

Bank distress can have severe negative consequences for the stability of the financial system, the real economy, and … public finances. Regimes for restructuring and restoring banks financed by bank levies and fiscal backstops seek to reduce … these costs. Bank levies attempt to internalize systemic risk and increase the costs of leverage. This paper evaluates the …