In this article, we analyze price triggers in contingent capital bonds. We illustrate the pervasiveness of multiple equilibria and the nonexistence of equilibrium in theoretical models. We summarize evidence of these problems from market experiments and we evaluate possible solutions.

In this article, we analyze price triggers in contingent capital bonds. We illustrate the pervasiveness of multiple equilibria and the nonexistence of equilibrium in theoretical models. We summarize evidence of these problems from market experiments and we evaluate possible solutions.

Several arguments are relevant. (1) In the absence of the zero lower bound (ZLB), the optimal steady-state inflation rate, according to standard reasoning, lies between deflation at the steady-state real interest rate and the Calvo-model value of zero, with calibration indicating a larger weight...

Several arguments are relevant. (1) In the absence of the zero lower bound (ZLB), the optimal steady-state inflation rate, according to standard reasoning, lies between deflation at the steady-state real interest rate and the Calvo-model value of zero, with calibration indicating a larger weight...

The U.S. financial system has changed significantly over the last several decades without any major structural changes to the decentralized financial regulatory system, despite numerous proposals. In the past decade, many countries have chosen to consolidate their regulators into a newly formed...

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