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Are Bank Capital Ratios too High or too Low? Incomplete Markets and Optimal Capital Structure

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  • Douglas Gale

    (New York University,)

  • Onur Özgür

    (New York University,)

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We study the effect of relative risk aversion on optimal capital structure in a general-equilibrium model of intermediation with incomplete markets. (JEL: D5, G2) Copyright (c) 2005 The European Economic Association.

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  • Douglas Gale & Onur Özgür, 2005. "Are Bank Capital Ratios too High or too Low? Incomplete Markets and Optimal Capital Structure," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 3(2-3), pages 690-700, 04/05.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:jeurec:v:3:y:2005:i:2-3:p:690-700
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    • D5 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium
    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services

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