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On the Welfare Equivalence of Asset Markets and Banking in Diamond Dybvig Economies

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  • Alexander Zimper

    (Department of Economics, University of Pretoria)

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Why do people choose bank deposit contracts over a direct participation in asset markets? In their seminal paper, Diamond and Dybvig (1983) answer this question by claiming that bank deposit contracts can implement allocations that are welfare superior to asset markets equilibria. The present paper demonstrates that this claim is false whenever the asset market participants are highly rational.

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  • Alexander Zimper, 2013. "On the Welfare Equivalence of Asset Markets and Banking in Diamond Dybvig Economies," Working Papers 201356, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:pre:wpaper:201356
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    1. Zimper, Alexander, 2016. "Banks versus markets. A response to Kucinskas," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 147(C), pages 174-176.
    2. Kučinskas, Simas, 2016. "When are banks better than markets? Comment on Zimper (2013)," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 147(C), pages 171-173.

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    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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