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Journal of Financial Stability Vol. 9 No. 1 2013

Wholesale bank funding, capital requirements and credit rationing

Itai Agur

International Monetary Fund – Singapore Regional Training Institute, 10 Shenton Way, MAS Building # 14-03, Singapore 079117, Singapore

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Abstract

This paper analyzes how different types of bank funding affect the extent to which banks ration credit to borrowers, and the impact that capital requirements have on that rationing. Using an extension of the standard Stiglitz–Weiss model of credit rationing, unsecured wholesale finance is shown to amplify the credit market impact of capital requirements as compared to funding by retail depositors. Unsecured finance surged in the pre-crisis years, but is increasingly replaced by secured funding. The collateralization of wholesale funding is found to expand the extent of credit rationing.

DOI
10.1016/j.jfs.2013.01.003
Volume
9
Issue
1
Pages
38-45
Language
en
Sources
bibtex:phds-export.bib openalex crossref

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