International financial linkages, particularly through global bank flows, generate important questions about the …. Empirical tests of the trilemma support this view that global bank effects are heterogeneous, and also that the primary drivers …

Bank balance sheet lending is commonly viewed as the predominant form of lending. We document and study two margins of … document the limits of the shadow bank substitution margin: shadow banks substitute for traditional—deposit-taking—banks in … quantitative consequences of several policies on lending volume and pricing, bank stability, and the distribution of consumer …

shocks. Since bank deposits provide liquidity, higher interest rates allow banks to earn larger spreads on deposits …

This paper looks at why bank consolidation has been taking place in the United States and what the structure of the … banking industry might look like in the future. It then discusses the implications of bank consolidation for the economy and …

The paper uses bank- and instrument-level data on asset holdings and liabilities to identify and estimate a general … equilibrium model of trade in financial instruments. Bilateral ties are formed as each bank selects the size and the … lead to less amplification of partial equilibrium shocks, (ii) the influence of a bank's equity is independent of the size …

averse banks. The effects of changes in bank net worth and bank's risk perceptions are also analyzed. In deep recessions …

and central bank conservatism on economic performance. Several striking conclusions emerge. In relatively centralized … of central bank conservatism. A radical-populist central banker who cares not at all about inflation (alternatively, who …