Bank runs with many small banks and mutual guarantees at the terminal stage

B-Tier
Journal: Economic Theory
Year: 2019
Volume: 68
Issue: 1
Pages: 125-176

Score contribution per author:

0.670 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

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

Abstract

Abstract In this paper, we develop a model in the spirit of Diamond and Dybvig (J Polit Econ 91(3):401–419, 1983), with bank-specific sequential-service constraints and commitment to a redistribution policy at the terminal date. In the good equilibrium, some insurance is provided against the risk of being affiliated with a bank with too many impatient depositors. We also find, however, that an unpleasant arithmetic takes place in a bad equilibrium, with patient depositors realizing they can be heavily taxed since runs are reducing savings in other banks, which in turn changes the ability of their own bank to induce truth-telling. We prove that even the disclosure device proposed by Green and Lin (J Econ Theory 109(1):1–23, 2003) may not remove bank-run equilibria.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:spr:joecth:v:68:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1007_s00199-018-1117-9
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-24