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Contagious bank failures in a free banking system

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  • Aghion, Philippe
  • Bolton, Patrick
  • Dewatripont, Mathias

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This paper develops a model of an unregulated banking system based around a private clearing house arrangement. Whilst such a system may dominate one with a public safety net in reducing moral hazard in lending and therefore the scope for individual bank insolvency, it also increases the likelihood of contagious bank failures following a systemic shock or an aggregate liquidity shortage.
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  • Aghion, Philippe & Bolton, Patrick & Dewatripont, Mathias, 2000. "Contagious bank failures in a free banking system," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 44(4-6), pages 713-718, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:eecrev:v:44:y:2000:i:4-6:p:713-718
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