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Crisis in Competitive Versus Monopolistic Banking Systems

Smith, Bruce D.; Nicoló, Gianni De; Boyd, John H. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

risk-averse depositors. A "banking crisis" is defined as a case in which banks exhaust their reserve assets. Under … different model specifications, the banking industry is either a monopoly bank or a competitive banking industry. If the nominal … rate of interest (rate of inflation) is below (above) some threshold, a monopolistic banking system will always result in a …

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Modeling with Macro-Financial Linkages; Credit and Policy Shocks in Emerging Markets

Benes, Jaromir; Ötker, Inci; Vávra, David - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

This paper develops a stylized, small, open economy macro model that incorporates an explicit and non-trivial role for financial intermediation. It illustrates how such a model could be used for policy analysis in an emerging market economy where policymakers are concerned about risks associated...

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Banking Crises and Crisis Dating; Theory and Evidence

Loukoianova, Elena; Nicoló, Gianni De; Boyd, John H. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

Many empirical studies of banking crises have employed "banking crisis" (BC) indicators constructedusing primarily … information on government actions undertaken in response to bank distress. Weformulate a simple theoretical model of a banking …

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Bank Risk-Taking and Competition Revisited; New Theory and New Evidence

Nicoló, Gianni De; Jalal, Abu M.; Boyd, John H. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

This paper studies two new models in which banks face a non-trivial asset allocation decision. The first model (CVH) predicts a negative relationship between banks' risk of failure and concentration, indicating a trade-off between competition and stability. The second model (BDN) predicts a...

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Risky Bank Lending and Optimal Capital Adequacy Regulation

Benes, Jaromir; Kumhof, Michael - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

We study the welfare properties of a New Keynesian monetary economy with an essential role for risky bank lending. Banks lend funds deposited by households to a financial accelerator sector, and face penalties for maintaining insufficient net worth. The loan contract specifies an unconditional...

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Evaluating the Net Benefits of Macroprudential Policy; A Cookbook

Arregui, Nicolas; Benes, Jaromir; Krznar, Ivo; Mitra, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

The paper proposes a simple, new, analytical framework for assessing the cost and benefits of macroprudential policies. It proposes a measure of net benefits in terms of parameters that can be estimated: the probability of crisis, the loss in output given crisis, policy effectiveness in bringing...

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