FINANCIAL CONTAGION THROUGH CAPITAL CONNECTIONS: A MODEL OF THE ORIGIN AND SPREAD OF BANK PANICS

成果类型:
Article
署名作者:
Dasgupta, Amil
署名单位:
University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
刊物名称:
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
ISSN/ISSBN:
1542-4766
DOI:
10.1162/1542476042813896
发表日期:
2004
页码:
1049-1084
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摘要:
Financial contagion is modeled as an equilibrium phenomenon in a dynamic setting with incomplete information and multiple banks. The equilibrium probability of bank failure is uniquely determined. We explore how the cross-holding of deposits motivated by imperfectly correlated regional liquidity shocks can lead to contagious effects conditional on the failure of a financial institution. We show that contagious bank failure occurs with positive probability in the unique equilibrium of the economy and demonstrate that the presence of such contagion risk can prevent banks from perfectly insuring each other against liquidity shocks via the cross-holding of deposits. (JEL: G2, C7)
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