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Journal of Political Economy Vol. 95 No. 3 1987

Bank Runs as an Equilibrium Phenomenon

Andrew Postlewaite; Xavier Vives

Abstract

A standard demand-deposit contract in which individuals are entitled to their full deposit at any time provided the bank is solvent is analyzed in a context in which there are no exogenous events on which agents condition their behavior and a unique equilibrium involving a bank run with positive probability is shown to exist.

DOI
10.1086/261468
Volume
95
Issue
3
Pages
485-491
Language
en
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