reserves and lend to each other. Our systemic perspective points to these featuring dimensions of ongoing bank activity. Our … model considers bank activity process within each bank entity and across entities. Each bank keeps currency money in bank … deposits on behalf of other agents. But the bank activity is further characterised by the capacity or privilege to use these …

We analyze the root causes of the current crisis by studying the determinants of bank lending standards in the Euro … Area using the answers from the confidential Bank Lending Survey, where national central banks request quarterly …-term interest rates on bank risk-taking, even when we instrument securitization. Moreover, short-term rates – directly and in …

This paper addresses the topic regarding the desirability of competition in banking industry. In a model where banks … investigate three questions: what are the effects of competition on banks' monitoring incentives? Does competition hurt banks …' stability? What can be devices to correct potential negative effects of competition vis à vis financial stability? We find that …

Bank regulators interfere with the efficient allocation of resources for the sake of financial stability. Based on this …

This paper addresses the desirability of competition in banking industry. In a model where banks compete on both … three questions: what are the effects of competition on banks' monitoring incentives? Does competition hurt banks' stability …? What can be devices to correct potential negative effects of competition vis à vis financial stability? We find that …

An important question in banking is how strict supervision affects bank lending and in turn local business activity … supervision, bank lending and business activity. We first show that the OTS replacement indeed resulted in stricter supervision of … overcome frictions in bank management, leading to more lending and a reallocation of loans. Consistent with the latter, we find …

An important question in banking is how strict supervision affects bank lending and in turn local business activity … the thrift regulator (OTS) to analyze economic links between strict supervision, bank lending and business activity. We … capital but can also correct deficiencies in bank management and lending practices, leading to more lending and a reallocation …

In November, in the wake of the number of revoked licenses the growth rates of bank assets have reached their highest …