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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970437603321

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

9786612844348

9781462300266

146230026X

9781282844346

1282844342

9781452770239

1452770239

9781451873801

1451873808

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

Banks

Capital and Ownership Structure

Credit risk

Credit

Depository Institutions

Economic & financial crises & disasters

Finance

Financial Crises

Financial crises

Financial Risk and Risk Management

Financial Risk Management

Financial risk management

Financial services law & regulation

Financing Policy

Goodwill

Industries: Financial Services



Loans

Micro Finance Institutions

Monetary economics

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

Money and Monetary Policy

Mortgages

Project loans

Value of Firms

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.