We model a stylized banking system where banks are characterized by the amount of capital, cash reserves and their exposure to the interbank loan market as borrowers as well as lenders. A network of interbank lending is established that is used as a transmission mechanism for the failure of...

This paper develops a model of interbank lending based on liquidity and profitability considerations of homogeneous banks. We derive the reservation prices of interbank lending and its properties before exploring how, due to an idiosyncratic liquidity shock, banks engage in bilateral lending to...