Showing 1 - 10 of 381
When a nation can finance its investments via foreign-currency denominated debt or domestic-currency claims, what is the optimal capital structure of the nation? Building on the functions of fiat money as both medium of exchange, and store of value like corporate equity, our model connects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012951347
This paper uses an asymmetric information framework to understand the causes of the recent financial crisis in Korea. It shows that the Korean data is consistent with this explanation of the crisis. It then draws on this analysis to discuss several lessons that can help guide Korean policymakers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013311629
We argue that China's rising shadow banking was inextricably linked to potential balance-sheet risks in the banking system. We substantiate this argument with three didactic findings: (1) commercial banks in general were prone to engage in channeling risky entrusted loans; (2) shadow banking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001204
For nearly a decade prior to the collapse of structured finance markets in late 2007, securitization by collateralized … whether securitization was associated with risky lending in the corporate loan market by examining the performance of … underperform the rest of the loan portfolio. Overall, we argue that the securitization of corporate loans is fundamentally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130553
investor wealth drives the demand for riskless debt and indirectly for securitization, ii) intermediary assets and leverage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013123980
The 2008 financial crisis is reminiscent of a bank run, but not quite. In particular, it is financial institutions withdrawing deposits from some core financial institutions, rather than depositors running on their local bank. These core financial institutions have invested the funds in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013152502
We develop a new identification strategy to evaluate the impact of the geographic expansion of bank holding company (BHC) assets across U.S. metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) on BHC risk. We find that the geographic expansion of bank assets reduces risk. Moreover, geographic expansion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039767
securitize real estate assets on non-real estate firms in Spain. We show that equilibrium dynamics nullify the strong local … become significantly more favorable due to securitization. Securitization also leads to an expansion in credit on the …. Finally, the 2008 collapse in securitization leads to a reversal in local lending channel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135238
When a bank experiences a negative shock to its equity, one way to return to target leverage is to sell assets. If asset sales occur at depressed prices, then one bank's sales may impact other banks with common exposures, resulting in contagion. We propose a simple framework that accounts for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097784
What determines risk-bearing capacity and the amount of leverage in financial markets? Using unique archival data on collateralized lending, we show that personal experience can affect individual risk-taking and aggregate leverage. When an investor syndicate speculating in Amsterdam in 1772 went...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057407