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Regulation consists of rulemaking and enforcement. Economic theory offers two complementary rationales for regulating … and efficiency across society as a whole. Agency-cost theory recognizes that incentive conflicts and coordination problems … arise in multi- party relationships and that regulation introduces opportunities to impose rules that enhance the welfare of …
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Both investors and borrowers are concerned about liquidity. Investors desire liquidity because they are uncertain about when they will want to eliminate their holding of a financial asset. Borrowers are concerned about liquidity because they are uncertain about their ability to continue to...
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assets to survive runs. Regulation similar to the liquidity coverage ratio and the net stable funding ratio (that are soon be … implemented) can change the bank's incentives so that runs are less likely. Optimal regulation would not mimic these rules …
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We develop a model of banking industry dynamics to study the quantitative impact of capital requirements on equilibrium bank risk taking, commercial bank failure, interest rates on loans, and market structure. We propose a market structure where big banks with market power interact with small,...
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This paper sets forth a discussion framework for the information requirements of systemic financial regulation. It …
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This essay shows that government credit-allocation schemes generate incentive conflicts that undermine the quality of bank supervision and eventually produce banking crisis. For political reasons, most countries establish a regulatory culture that embraces three economically contradictory...
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New security designs, improvements in computer telecommunications technology and advances in the theory of finance have …
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Although nation-based systems of financial regulation constitute a second-best approach to global welfare maximization …
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Bank balance sheet lending is commonly viewed as the predominant form of lending. We document and study two margins of adjustment that are usually absent from this view using microdata in the $10 trillion U.S. residential mortgage market. We first document the limits of the shadow bank...
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This paper seeks to understand the interplay between banks, bank regulation, sovereign default risk and central bank … in other "safe" countries will impose tighter regulation. As a result, governments in risky countries get to borrow more …
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