Why are banks not recapitalized during crises?

Arbeitspapier

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.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-92-95210-44-8
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ESRB Working Paper Series ; No. 57

Classification and Topics

• Classification: 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
• Subject: Bank Capital ; Sovereign Crises ; Risk-Shifting ; Government Bonds ; Bank Credit

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Crosignani, Matteo
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), European System of Financial Supervision
• (where): Frankfurt a. M.
• (when): 2017

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.2849/630202
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/193564
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET