Bank Bailouts : Moral Hazard vs. Value Effect /

This paper shows that a central bank, by announcing and committing ex-ante to a bailout policy that is contingent on the realization of certain states of nature (for example on the occurrence of an adverse macroeconomic shock), creates a risk-reducing 'value effect' that more than outweigh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levy Yeyati, Eduardo
Other Authors: Cordella, Tito
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/106
Online Access:Full text available on IMF