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Bank Runs, Portfolio Choice, and Liquidity Provision

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  • Toni Ahnert
  • Mahmoud Elamin

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After the financial crisis of 2007–09, many jurisdictions introduced new banking regulations to make banks more resilient and less likely to fail. These regulations included tighter limits for the quality and quantity of bank capital and introduced minimum standards for liquidity. But what was the impact of these changes?

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  • Toni Ahnert & Mahmoud Elamin, 2019. "Bank Runs, Portfolio Choice, and Liquidity Provision," Staff Working Papers 19-37, Bank of Canada.
    • Handle: RePEc:bca:bocawp:19-37
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    Financial stability; Wholesale funding;

    JEL classification:

    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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