We study how the subjective beliefs about loan repayment on the side of liquidity-constrained banks affect the central … bank's choice of collateral standards in its lending facilities. Optimism on the side of banks, entailing a higher … collateral value of bank loans, can lead to excessive lending and bank default. Pessimism, though, can entail insufficient …

in modern monetary and financial systems, namely central bank collateral frameworks. Their importance can be understood …, not defined in a market, but by the collateral frameworks and interest rate policies of central banks. Using the … collateral framework of the Eurosystem as a basis of illustration and case study, the paper brings to light the functioning …