Monetary Policy, Bank Leverage, and Financial Stability /

This paper develops a model to assess how monetary policy rates affect bank risk-taking. In the model, a reduction in the risk-free rate increases lending profitability by reducing funding costs and increasing the surplus the monopolistic bank extracts from borrowers. Under limited liability, this i...

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Päätekijä: Valencia, Fabian
Aineistotyyppi: Aikakauslehti
Kieli:English
Julkaistu: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011.
Sarja:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/244
Linkit:Full text available on IMF