Arbeitspapier

Why are banks not recapitalized during crises?

I develop a model where the sovereign debt capacity depends on the capitalization of domestic banks. Low-capital banks optimally tilt their government bond portfolio toward domestic securities, linking their destiny to that of the sovereign. If the sovereign risk is sufficiently high, low-capital banks reduce private lending to further increase their holdings of domestic government bonds, lowering sovereign yields and supporting the home sovereign debt capacity. The model rationalizes, in the context of the eurozone periphery, the increase in domestic government bond holdings, the reduction of bank credit supply, and the prolonged fragility of the financial sector.

ISBN
978-92-95210-44-8
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: ESRB Working Paper Series ; No. 57

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions
Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation
Thema
Bank Capital
Sovereign Crises
Risk-Shifting
Government Bonds
Bank Credit

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Crosignani, Matteo
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), European System of Financial Supervision
(wo)
Frankfurt a. M.
(wann)
2017

DOI
doi:10.2849/630202
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Crosignani, Matteo
  • European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), European System of Financial Supervision

Entstanden

  • 2017

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