Kara, Gazi I.; Ozsoy, S. Mehmet - 2016
This paper examines the optimal design of and interaction between capital and liquidity regulations in a model … characterized by fire sale externalities. In the model, banks can insure against potential liquidity shocks by hoarding sufficient … precautionary liquid assets. However, it is never optimal to fully insure, so realized liquidity shocks trigger an asset fire sale …