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A proposal for the resolution of systemically important assets and liabilities: The case of the repo market

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  • Acharya, Viral V
  • Öncü, T Sabri

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One of the several regulatory failures behind the global financial crisis that started in 2007 has been the regulatory focus on individual, rather than systemic, risk of financial institutions. Focusing on systemically important assets and liabilities (SIALs) rather than individual financial institutions, we propose a set of resolution mechanisms, which is not only capable of inducing market discipline and mitigating moral hazard, but also capable of addressing the associated systemic risk, for instance, due to the risk of fire sales of collateral assets. Furthermore, because of our focus on SIALs, our proposed resolution mechanisms would be easier to implement at the global level compared to mechanisms that operate at the level of individual institutional forms. We, then, outline how our approach can be specialized to the repo market and propose a repo resolution authority for reforming this market.

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  • Acharya, Viral V & Öncü, T Sabri, 2012. "A proposal for the resolution of systemically important assets and liabilities: The case of the repo market," CEPR Discussion Papers 8927, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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    1. Stijn Claessens & Lev Ratnovski, 2014. "What is Shadow Banking?," IMF Working Papers 14/25, International Monetary Fund.

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    Keywords

    crises; fire sales; macroprudential regulation; resolution authority; runs; sale and repurchase agreements; systemic risk;

    JEL classification:

    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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