unsecured lending and substantial increases in haircuts on posted collateral. This paper seeks to understand the implications of …

How do housing bubbles affect other economic sectors? We show that in the presence of collateral constraints, a bubble …

projects. In equilibrium, the collateralization-screening mix depends on the value of aggregate collateral. High collateral … important dynamic implications. During credit booms driven by high collateral values (e.g. real estate booms), the economy … accumulates physical capital but depletes information about investment projects. As a result, collateral-driven booms end in deep …

This paper examines the role of collateral in the financial system, with special emphasis on the implications for … financial collateral assets. Then we examine financial stability issues and the case for regulating the use of collateral. We … use of collateral is neither a sufficient nor a necessary condition for financial stability. To ensure the stability of …

We assess the quantitative implications of collateral re-use on leverage, volatility, and welfare within an infinite …-horizon asset-pricing model with heterogeneous agents. In our model, the ability of agents to reuse frees up collateral that can be …