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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827454003321

Autore

Georgiou Andréas

Titolo

Excessive Lending, Leverage, and Risk-Taking in the Presence of Bailout Expectations / / Andréas Georgiou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

1-4623-0026-X

1-282-84434-2

1-4527-7023-9

1-4518-7380-8

9786612844348

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

25 p. : ill

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Disciplina

338.5;338.542

Soggetti

Financial crises - Econometric models

Economic policy - Mathematical models

Financial risk

Capital market

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009

Banks and Banking

Financial Risk Management

Money and Monetary Policy

Industries: Financial Services

Banks

Depository Institutions

Micro Finance Institutions

Mortgages

Financial Crises

Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General

Financing Policy

Financial Risk and Risk Management

Capital and Ownership Structure

Value of Firms

Goodwill

Finance

Economic & financial crises & disasters

Monetary economics

Financial services law & regulation

Financial crises



Credit

Loans

Project loans

Credit risk

Financial risk management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"October 2009."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. The Analytical Framework -- A. The Basic Model -- B. Different Sources of Finance -- C. Choice of Project Riskiness -- D. Change in the Cost of Loanable Funds -- E. Changes in the Probability Distribution Function of the Debt-Financed Project -- III. Some Thoughts on Policy Implications -- IV. Conclusion -- Appendix -- References.

Sommario/riassunto

The financial crisis that began in 2007 has brought to the fore the issues of excesses in lending, leverage, and risk-taking as some of the fundamental causes of this crisis. At the same time, in dealing with the financial crisis there have been large scale interventions by governments, often referred to as bailouts of the lenders. This paper presents a framework where rational economic agents engage in ex ante excessive lending, borrowing, and risk-taking if creditors assign a positive probability to being bailed out. The paper also offers some thoughts on policy implications. It argues that it would be most productive for the long run if lending institutions were not bailed out. If the continuing existence of an institution was deemed essential, assistance should take the form of capital injections that dilute the equity of existing owners.