Optimal Organization of Financial Intermediaries

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This paper provides a unified framework for endogenizing two distinct organizational structures of financial intermediation. In one structure, called Bank, the intermediary is financed by issuing debt contracts to investors, and thus resembles commercial banks. In the other structure, called Fund, the intermediary is financed by issuing equity contracts to investors, thus resembling private-equity funds. The paper finds that in the former incentives can be provided in a less costly way, but the latter is more robust to negative shocks on the asset side. Our model predicts that relative to banks, private equity funds are more involved in the running of the firms that they finance, contribute more to the success of these firms, and provide funds to higher-risk, higher-return firms.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 5452

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economics of Contract: Theory ; Financial Economics: General
• Subject: financial intermediation ; bank ; equity funds

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Bougheas, Spiros ; Wang, Tianxi
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2015

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/113784
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET