Acharya, Viral V.; Mehran, Hamid; Thakor, Anjan V. - Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland - 2010
Banks face two moral hazard problems: asset substitution by shareholders (e.g., making risky, negative net present value loans) and managerial rent seeking (e.g., investing in inefficient “pet” projects or simply being lazy and uninnovative). The privately-optimal level of bank leverage is...