Perotti, Enrico C.; Matta, Rafael - 2015 - This Draft: March 16, 2015
risk to unsecured creditors. We show that this triggers more frequent runs by unsecured creditors, even in the absence of … fundamental risk. This effect is separate from the liquidation externality caused by fire sales of seized collateral upon default … always increases it. Regulators need to contain its reinforcing effect on liquidity risk, trading off its role in expanding …