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Forbearance and prompt corrective action

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Ilhyock Shim
Narayana Kocherlakota (University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Department of Economics)

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This paper investigates whether a bank regulator should terminate problem banks promptly or exercise forbearance. We construct a dynamic model economy in which entrepreneurs pledge collateral, borrow from banks, and invest in long-term projects. We assume that collateral value has aggregate risk over time, that in any period entrepreneurs can abscond with the projects but losing the collateral, and that depositors can withdraw deposits. We show that optimal regulation exhibits forbearance if the ex-ante probability of collapse in collateral value is sufficiently low, but exhibits prompt termination of problem banks if this probability is sufficiently high.

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Paper provided by Bank for International Settlements in its series BIS Working Papers with number 177.

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Date of creation: May 2005
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Keywords: risky collateral; limited enforcement; banking regulation; optimal social contract;

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D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Mortgages
G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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  1. Xavier Freixas & Bruno Maria Parigi, 2007. "Banking Regulation and Prompt Corrective Action," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]
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