Arbeitspapier

Savings, efficiency and the nature of bank runs

Does the level of deposits matter for bank fragility and efficiency? In a banking model with endogenous bank runs and a consumption-saving decision, we show that the level of deposits has opposite effects on bank fragility depending on the nature of bank runs. In an economy with panic-driven runs, higher deposits make banks less fragile, while the opposite is true when runs are only driven by fundamentals. The effect of deposits is not internalized by depositors. A saving externality arises, leading to excessive fragility and insufficient liquidity provision. The economy features under-saving when runs are panic driven, and over-saving when fundamental driven.

ISBN
978-92-899-4969-9
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: ECB Working Paper ; No. 2636

Classification
Wirtschaft
Financial Crises
Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation
Subject
endogenous bank runs
liquidity provision
fundamental runs
panic runs,saving externality

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Leonello, Agnese
Mendicino, Caterina
Panetti, Ettore
Porcellacchia, Davide
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
European Central Bank (ECB)
(where)
Frankfurt a. M.
(when)
2022

DOI
doi:10.2866/209410
Handle
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Leonello, Agnese
  • Mendicino, Caterina
  • Panetti, Ettore
  • Porcellacchia, Davide
  • European Central Bank (ECB)

Time of origin

  • 2022

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