Public Disclosure and Bank Failures /

This paper examines how public disclosure of banks' risk exposure affects banks' risk-taking incentives and assesses how the presence of informed depositors influences the soundness of the banking system. It finds that, when banks have complete control over the volatility of their loan por...

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Autore principale: Levy Yeyati, Eduardo
Altri autori: Cordella, Tito
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1997/096
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF
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Riassunto:This paper examines how public disclosure of banks' risk exposure affects banks' risk-taking incentives and assesses how the presence of informed depositors influences the soundness of the banking system. It finds that, when banks have complete control over the volatility of their loan portfolios, public disclosure reduces the probability of banking crises. However, when banks do not control their risk exposure, the presence of informed depositors may increase the probability of bank failures.
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