Optimal Prudential Regulation of Banks and the Political Economy of Supervision /

We consider a moral hazard economy in banks and production to study how incentives for risk taking are affected by the quality of supervision. We show that low interest rates may generate excessive risk taking. Because of a pecuniary externality, the market equilibrium may not be optimal and there i...

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Автор: Tressel, Thierry
Інші автори: Verdier, Thierry
Формат: Журнал
Мова:English
Опубліковано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014.
Серія:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/090
Онлайн доступ:Full text available on IMF
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