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Exchange market pressure (EMP) measures the pressure on a currency to depreciate. It adds to the actual depreciation a weighted combination of policy instruments used to ward off depreciation, such as interest rates and foreign exchange interventions, where the weights are their effectiveness....
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This discussion paper led to publication in (E.F.M. Wubben (Ed.)) 'Institutions and Regulation for Economic Growth? Public Interest versus Private Incentives', 2011, pp. 187-209, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. <P> In the analysis of the credit crisis of 2007-2010 a clear distinction should be made...</p>
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restructuring provide banks with incentives to restructure bad loans and free up resources for new economic activity. Other … interventions lead banks to roll over bad loans, tying up resources in distressed firms. Our analysis suggests that zombie banks are … recapitalizations, significantly reduces recession duration. The effect of liquidity support on the probability of recovery is positive …
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We study the effects of a bank’s engagement in trading. Traditional banking is relationship-based: not scalable, long … leads trading in banks to become increasingly risky, so that problems in managing and regulating trading in banks will …
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Under Basel III rules, banks become subject to a liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) from 2015 onwards, to promote short …-term resilience. We investigate the effects of such liquidity regulation on bank liquid assets and liabilities. Results indicate co …-integration of liquid assets and liabilities, to maintain a minimum short-term liquidity buffer. Still, microprudential regulation …
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Banks provide risky loans to firms which have superior information regarding the quality of their projects. Due to … asymmetric information the banks face the risk of adverse selection. Credit Value-at-Risk (CVaR) regulation counters the problem …
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conditions, i.e. the varying liquidity value ofeligible assets and the associated risk. This induces a liquiditypremium, which …
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In this note, we experimentally examine the relative performance of price-only auctions and multi-attribute auctions. We do so in procurement settings where the buyer can give the winning bidder incentives to exert effort on non-price dimensions after the auction. Both auctions theoretically...
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If a government auctions the right to market a good, continuity is likely to be of significant importance. In a laboratory experiment, we compare the effects of bidders' limited liability in the first-price sealed-bid auction and the English auction in a common value setting. Our data strongly...
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This discussion paper led to an article in <I>Games and Economic Behavior</I> (2011). Vol. 72, pp. 594-601.<P> There is by now a large literature arguing that auctions with a variety of after-market interactions may not yield an efficient allocation of the objects for sale, especially when the bidders...</p></i>
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