• Title of article

    Financial crises,bankriskexposureandgovernmentfinancialpolicy

  • Author/Authors

    Mark Gertler، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2012
  • Pages
    18
  • From page
    17
  • To page
    34
  • Abstract
    A macroeconomicmodelwithfinancialintermediationisdevelopedinwhichthe intermediaries(banks)canissueoutsideequityaswellasshorttermdebt.Thismakes bank riskexposureanendogenouschoice.Thegoalistohaveamodelthatcannotonly capture acrisiswhenbanksarehighlyvulnerabletorisk,butcanalsoaccountforwhy banks adoptsuchariskybalancesheetinthefirstplace.Weusethemodeltoassess quantitativelyhowperceptionsoffundamentalriskandofgovernmentcreditpolicyina crisisaffectthevulnerabilityofthefinancialsystemexante.Wealsostudytheeffectsof macro-prudentialpoliciesdesignedtooffsettheincentivesforrisk-taking.
  • Journal title
    Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Serial Year
    2012
  • Journal title
    Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Record number

    846562