Enriching information to prevent bank runs

B-Tier
Journal: Economic Theory
Year: 2016
Volume: 62
Issue: 3
Pages: 477-494

Authors (2)

R. de O. Cavalcanti (not in RePEc) P. K. Monteiro (Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV))

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

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

Abstract

Abstract Basic thinking about bank failure has changed considerably in the last 50 years, from interpreting suspensions of payments as inefficient responses in a system lacking integration to advocating deposit-insurance arrangements triggered after funds are depleted. Modern banking theory, after Diamond and Dybvig (J Polit Econ 91:401–419, 1983) and Wallace (Fed Reserve Bank Minneap Q Rev 12(4):3–16, 1988), indicates that despite risk aversion, banks are under pressure and led to offer volatile returns exposed to coordination failure in the form of runs. In this paper, we recover a role for suspensions based on early acquisition of information about opportunistic behavior.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:spr:joecth:v:62:y:2016:i:3:d:10.1007_s00199-015-0907-6
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25