Pay, Stay, or Delay? How to Settle a Run

A-Tier
Journal: The Review of Financial Studies
Year: 2024
Volume: 37
Issue: 4
Pages: 1368-1407

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

The classic view assumes banks prioritize immediate repayment by selling assets until default. We endogenize run frequency and study how general settlement rules trade off liquidity provision net of fire sale losses against induced run incentives. Panic runs are eliminated when all illiquid assets are sold under orderly resolution, but liquidity provision in a run is minimal. When suspension after some fire sales is followed by immediate liquidation, run frequency falls then rises in suspension delay. Thus, optimal suspension may require some sale of illiquid assets, in contrast to MMF norms. Ex post discretion induces excessive liquidation and more frequent runs. (JEL D8, G21)

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:oup:rfinst:v:37:y:2024:i:4:p:1368-1407.
Journal Field
Finance
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25