We present a theory in which the key driver of short-term debt issued by the financial sector is the portfolio demand for safe and liquid assets by the nonfinancial sector. This demand drives a premium on safe and liquid assets that the financial sector exploits by owning risky and illiquid...

Die 40. Auflage des gut benutzten Klassikers ist in Umfang und vor allem im Preis wesentlich erweitert (zuletzt BA 10/93). Teile des Buches wurden völlig neu konzipiert, um den tiefgreifenden Veränderungen in der nationalen und internationalen Finanzwirtschaft Rechnung zu tragen. Gleiches gilt...

We extend the study of banking equilibrium in Berentsen, Camera and Waller (2007) by introducing an explicit production function for banks. Banks employ labor resources, hired on a competitive market, to run their operations. In equilibrium this generates a spread between interest rates on loans...