Asset returns and financial fragility

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What configuration of asset returns will make the banking system most susceptible to a self-fulfilling run? I study this question in a version of the model of Diamond and Dybvig (1983) with limited commitment and a non-trivial portfolio choice. I show that the relationship between the returns on banks´ assets and financial fragility is often non-monotone: a higher return may make banks either more or less susceptible to a run by depositors. The same is true for changes in the liquidation cost and the term premium. I derive precise conditions under which changes in each of these returns increase or decrease financial fragility.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 2016-01

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions ; Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
• Subject: financial fragility ; bank runs ; excess liquidity

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Li, Yang
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Rutgers University, Department of Economics
• (where): New Brunswick, NJ
• (when): 2016

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/162923
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET