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Prasanna Gai
- 14 July 2017
- WORKING PAPER SERIES - No. 52Details
- Abstract
- We propose a model of asset encumbrance by banks subject to rollover risk and study the consequences for fragility, funding costs, and prudential regulation. A bank’s choice of encumbrance trades off the benefit of expanding profitable investment funded by cheap long-term secured debt against the cost of greater fragility due to unsecured debt runs. We derive several testable implications about privately optimal encumbrance ratios. Deposit insurance or wholesale funding guarantees induce excessive encumbrance and exacerbate fragility. We show how regulations such as explicit limits on encumbrance ratios and revenueneutral Pigouvian taxes can mitigate the risk-shifting incentives of banks.
- JEL Code
- G01 : Financial Economics→General→Financial Crises
G21 : Financial Economics→Financial Institutions and Services→Banks, Depository Institutions, Micro Finance Institutions, Mortgages
G28 : Financial Economics→Financial Institutions and Services→Government Policy and Regulation
- 4 June 2019
- ADVISORY SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE REPORT - No. 8Details
- Abstract
- Regulatory action in response to the global financial crisis, together with broader developments in finance and society, have materially expanded regulation in the financial sector. While there is a general consensus on the need for regulation, there is much less agreement on whether recent increases in the complexity of regulation are necessary and appropriate. As a result, we are seeing a strong pushback from the financial industry, which is arguing that overly complex regulation has led to financial institutions becoming overburdened, hampering their ability to provide financial services efficiently.
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