This paper builds a model that links collateral reuse, collateral allocation, and aggregate output. The model shows that collateral reuse affects aggregate output through two channels. First, collateral reuse allows multiple investment projects to be financed by economizing on scarce collateral,...

Korean business groups, chaebol, reduced operational risk in the aftermath of the 1997 Asian financial crisis by reducing (increasing) investment in risky (safe) member firms. Risk reduction was accompanied by capital reallocation from risky member firms to safe member firms through equity...