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Bank Competition and Financial Stability: A General Equilibrium Exposition

By Marcella Lucchetta, Gianni De Nicolo

December 1, 2011

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Marcella Lucchetta, and Gianni De Nicolo. Bank Competition and Financial Stability: A General Equilibrium Exposition, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2011) accessed October 3, 2024
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Summary

We study versions of a general equilibrium banking model with moral hazard under either constant or increasing returns to scale of the intermediation technology used by banks to screen and/or monitor borrowers. If the intermediation technology exhibits increasing returns to scale, or it is relatively efficient, then perfect competition is optimal and supports the lowest feasible level of bank risk. Conversely, if the intermediation technology exhibits constant returns to scale, or is relatively inefficient, then imperfect competition and intermediate levels of bank risks are optimal. These results are empirically relevant and carry significant implications for financial policy.

Subject: Banking, Competition, Deposit rates, Financial institutions, Financial markets, Financial services, Labor, Loans, Self-employment, Technology

Keywords: Bank capitalization, Bank Competition, Bank risk, Bank-risk taking, Competition, Constant returns to scale, Deposit rates, Financial Stability, General Equilibrium, Intermediation technology, Loans, Self-employment, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    39

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2011/295

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2011295

  • ISBN:

    9781463927295

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941