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. Using branch-level deposit rate data, we find little evidence for market discipline as rates are similar across bank … correlated with loan growth in other states in which their bank has some presence, suggesting internal capital markets help … reallocate the bank's funding …
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We show that maturity transformation does not expose banks to significant interest rate risk--it actually hedges banks' interest rate risk. We argue that this is driven by banks' deposit franchise. Banks incur large operating costs to maintain their deposit franchise, and in return get...
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If individuals have self-control problems, they may take up commitment contracts that restrict their spending. We experimentally investigate how contract design affects the demand for commitment contracts. Each participant divides money between a liquid account, which permits unrestricted...
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We use the term structure of bank CD rates to examine whether maturity-transformation risk is priced into the rates … banks offer customers. We find that depositors pay a significant cost for the liquidity provided by bank deposits. This cost …
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Do low interest rates contribute to the rise in market concentration? Using data on firm financials and high frequency monetary policy shocks, we find that falling interest rates disproportionately benefit industry leaders, especially when the initial interest rate is already low. Falling rates...
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This study provides a new theoretical result that low interest rates encourage market concentration by raising industry leaders' incentive to gain a strategic advantage over followers, and this effect strengthens as the interest rate approaches zero. The model provides a unified explanation for...
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Social Security benefits may be commenced at any time between ages 62 and 70. As individuals who claim later can, on average, expect to receive benefits for a shorter period, an actuarial adjustment is made to the monthly benefit to reflect the age at which benefits are claimed. In earlier work...
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macroeconomic and bank regulatory reform. Bank regulatory policy promoted privatization, financial liberalization, and free entry …. Argentina's bank regulatory system now is widely regarded as one of the two or three most successful among emerging market …
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Is bank capital structure designed to extract deposit subsidies? We address this question by studying capital structure … banks finance themselves primarily with short-term debt and originate long-term loans. However, shadow bank debt is provided … primarily by informed and concentrated lenders. (4) Shadow bank leverage increases substantially with size, and the …
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focus of static models on value destruction of deposit outflow and bank run. Our model predictions on bank valuation and … environment, and reveals new aspects of deposit market power that has unique implications on bank franchise value …
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