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Hebbink, G.E.; Prast, H.M. - de Nederlandsche Bank - 1998

This report presents an overview of the theory of regulation in general, with special attention for the regulation of banks. Two theories of government regulation are described. The first, normative, theory uses market failures as the justification of government regulation. The second, positive,...

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Modelling the liquidity ratio as macroprudential instrument

End, Jan Willem van den; Kruidhof, Mark - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2012

The Basel 3 Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) is a micro prudential instrument to strengthen the liquidity position of banks. However if in extreme scenarios the LCR becomes a binding constraint, the interaction of bank behaviour with the regulatory rule can have negative externalities. We simulate...

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Preferential regulatory treatment and banks' demand for government bonds

Bonner, Clemens - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2014

Government bonds receive preferential treatment in financial regulation. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of this preferential treatment on banks' demand for government bonds. Using unique transaction-level data, our analysis suggests that preferential treatment in liquidity...

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Bank runs in the Diamond-Dybvig model

Wit, J.N.M. - de Nederlandsche Bank - 1998

The Diamond-Dybvig model provides an explanation for: (1) the existence of banks as a risk sharing agreement between depositors against unexpected liquidity needs, (2) bank runs as an act of collective irrationality by rational depositors, and (3) the introduction of deposit insurance as an...

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Simulations in the Dutch interbank payment system: A sensitivity analysis

Heijmans, Ronald - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2009

This paper presents an analysis on the sensitivity of the Dutch interbank payment system with respect to the value transferred and the amount of available collateral. The Dutch system can be characterised as a system with a few large and many relatively small participants.Historical data has...

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A tale of the water-supplying plumber: intraday liquidity provision in payment systems

Ledrut, Elisabeth - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2006

This paper provides an overview of the literature on intraday credit in payment systems to date and explores the dilemma central banks face when deciding on their intraday credit policies. On the one hand, any strategy in which the costs of liquidity are not fully borne by payment system...

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Forecasting the fragility of the banking and insurance sector

Bernoth, Kerstin; Pick, Andreas - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2009

performance indicators, namely distance-to-default, taking unobserved common factors into account. We show that common factors are … important in the performance of banks and insurances, analyze the influences of a number of observable factors on banking and … insurance performance, and evaluate the forecasts from our model. We find that taking unobserved common factors into account …

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Simulating retaliation in payment systems: Can banks control their exposure to a failing participant?

Ledrut, Elisabeth - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2007

This paper assesses the impact of an operational failure at one of the biggest participants in the Dutch interbank payment system, varying the time at which the disruption takes place. Liquidity levels equal historical levels. The impact of such a disruption is quantified in terms of the...

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A macroprudential approach to address liquidity risk with the Loan-to-Deposit ratio

End, Jan Willem van den - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2013

This paper maps the empirical features of the Loan-to-Deposit (LTD) ratio with an eye on using it in macroprudential policy to mitigate liquidity risk. We inspect the LTD trends and cycles of 11 euro area countries by filtering methods and analyze the interaction between loans and deposits. We...

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"Leaning Against the Wind" and the Timing of Monetary Pollicy

Agur, Itai; Demertzis, Maria - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2011

If monetary policy is to aim also at financial stability, how would it change? To analyze this question, this paper develops a general-form, axiomatic framework. Financial stability objectives are shown to make a monetary authority more aggressive. By that we mean that in reaction to negative...

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