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Liquidity Risk and Collective Moral Hazard

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  • Diana Bonfim

    (Banco de Portugal and Catolica Lisbon School of Businessand Economics)

  • Moshe Kim

    (University of Haifa)

Abstract

Banks individually optimize their liquidity risk management, often neglecting the externalities generated by their choices on the overall risk of the financial system. However, banks may have incentives to optimize their choices not strictly at the individual level, but engaging instead in collective risktaking strategies. In this paper we look for evidence of such behaviors in the run-up to the global financial crisis. We find strong and robust evidence of peer effects in banks' liquidity risk management. This suggests that incentives for collective risk-taking play a role in banks' choices, thus calling for a macroprudential approach to liquidity regulation.

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  • Diana Bonfim & Moshe Kim, 2019. "Liquidity Risk and Collective Moral Hazard," International Journal of Central Banking, International Journal of Central Banking, vol. 15(2), pages 101-150, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ijc:ijcjou:y:2019:q:2:a:4
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    Cited by:

    1. Margaretic, Paula & Cifuentes, Rodrigo & Carreño, José Gabriel, 2021. "Banks’ interconnections and peer effects: Evidence from Chile," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 58(C).
    2. André F. Silva, 2019. "Strategic Liquidity Mismatch and Financial Sector Stability," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2019-082, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
    3. Georg Adam, 2020. "Zur Dynamik der Arbeitsbeziehungen in vier EU-Mitgliedsländern (Finnland, Portugal, Rumänienund Slowenien): Ursachen und Auswirkungen," Working Paper Reihe der AK Wien - Materialien zu Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft 198, Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte für Wien, Abteilung Wirtschaftswissenschaft und Statistik.

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    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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