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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Autor principal: Tressel, Thierry
Outros Autores: Verdier, Thierry
Formato: Periódico
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014.
Colecção:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/090
Acesso em linha:Full text available on IMF