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Equilibrium Bank Runs Revisied

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  • Ed Nosal

    (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)

  • Bruno Sultanum

    (The Pennsylvania State University)

  • David Andolfatto

    (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)

Abstract

Peck and Shell (2003) show that equilibrium bank runs are possible in the Diamond and Dybvig (1983)environment. We show that their result is an artifact of their restriction to direct mechanisms. That is, their bank contract is not an optimal one. We show that an indirect mechanism eliminates the possibility of bank-run equilibria and implements the socially efficient outcome. The optimal mechanism can be interpreted as a form of deposit insurance.

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  • Ed Nosal & Bruno Sultanum & David Andolfatto, 2014. "Equilibrium Bank Runs Revisied," 2014 Meeting Papers 1142, Society for Economic Dynamics.
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    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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