collateral. The theory is based on unsecured borrowing constraints in the market for liquidity. Repos and security cash …-market trades are alternative means to get liquidity. Collateral spreads (unsecured less repo rate) can turn negative if borrowing …-arbitrage theory sheds light on the evolution of collateral spreads over time …

This paper investigates contagion in financial networks through both debt and collateral markets. Payment from a … collateralized debt contract depends not only on the borrower's balance sheet but also on the price of the underlying collateral. I … show that the existence of the collateral channel of contagion amplifies the contagion from the counterparty channel, and …

Mutual fund risk-taking via active portfolio rebalancing varies both in the crosssection and over time. In this paper …, I show that the same is true for funds' off- balance sheet risk-taking, even after controlling for on-balance sheet … information. In the empirical application, I show that German equity funds have increased their risk-taking via synthetic leverage …

model with collateral. This paper develops a general-equilibrium framework to explore QE's international transmission … involving an advanced economy (AE) and an emerging market economy (EM) whose assets have less collateral capacity. Capital flows … arise as a result of international sharing of scarce collateral. The crucial insight is that private AE agents adjust their …

model with collateral. This paper develops a general-equilibrium framework to explore QE's international transmission … involving an advanced economy (AE) and an emerging market economy (EM) whose assets have less collateral capacity. Capital flows … arise as a result of international sharing of scarce collateral. The crucial insight is that private AE agents adjust their …

and the 2010-2012 European sovereign crisis. This effect is attenuated for banks with lower credit risk, sounder capital …

conduct an econometric analysis of the driving factors of banks’ asset encumbrance, highlighting the relevance of credit risk …, the availability of high quality collateral suitable for encumbrance, capital and sovereign funding conditions. Third, we …

and the 2010-2012 European sovereign crisis. This effect is attenuated for banks with lower credit risk, sounder capital …

We develop a new theory of information production during credit booms. In our model, entrepreneurs need credit to … projects. In equilibrium, the collateralization-screening mix depends on the value of aggregate collateral. High collateral … important dynamic implications. During credit booms driven by high collateral values (e.g. real estate booms), the economy …