Download or read book Essays on the Interaction of Monetary and Banking Regulation Policies written by Diana M. Lima and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Banking Monetary Policy and the Political Economy of Financial Regulation written by Gerald A. Epstein and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The many forces that led to the economic crisis of 2008 were in fact identified, analyzed and warned against for many years before the crisis by economist Jane D�Arista, among others. Now, writing in the tradition of D�Arista's extensive work, the

Download or read book Essays on Monetary Policy and Banking Regulation written by Jingyuan Li and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A central bank is usually assigned two functions: the control of inflation and the maintenance of a safetybanking sector. What are the precise conditions under which trigger strategies from the private sector can solve the time inconsistency problem and induce the central bank to choose zero inflation under a nonstationary natural rate? Can an optimal contract be used together with reputation forces to implement a desired socially optimal monetary policy rule? How to design a truthtelling contract to control the risk taking behaviors of the bank? My dissertation attempts to deal with these issues using three primary methodologies: monetary economics, game theory and optimal stochastic control theory.

Download or read book The Federal Reserve System Purposes and Functions written by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an in-depth overview of the Federal Reserve System, including information about monetary policy and the economy, the Federal Reserve in the international sphere, supervision and regulation, consumer and community affairs and services offered by Reserve Banks. Contains several appendixes, including a brief explanation of Federal Reserve regulations, a glossary of terms, and a list of additional publications.

Download or read book Four Essays on Banking Regulation and Monetary Policy written by Kirsten Schmidt and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Essays in Banking and Regulation written by Tirupam Goel and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The broad goal of this dissertation is to further our understanding of the relationship between real and financial sectors of an economy, to identify inefficiencies in financial sector intermediation, and to design financial regulation policies that can address these inefficiencies. The three chapters of this dissertation contribute to specific aspects of the above goal. In the first chapter, I develop a general equilibrium macroeconomic model with a dynamic banking sector in order to characterize optimal size-dependent bank leverage regulation. Bank leverage choices are subject to the risk-return trade-off, and are inefficient due to financial frictions. I show that leverage regulation can generate welfare gains, and that optimal regulation is tighter relative to the benchmark and is bank-size dependent. In particular, optimal regulation is tighter for large banks relative to small banks, and it leads to the following welfare generating effects. First, as small banks take more leverage, they grow faster conditional on survival, leading to a selection effect. Second, small bank failures are less costly while entrants have higher relative efficiency, leading to a cleansing effect. Third, tighter regulation for large banks reduces their failure rate, which generates welfare since large banks are more efficient and costlier to replace, leading to a stabilization effect. The calibrated model rationalizes various steady state moments of the US banking industry, and points towards qualitatively similar but quantitatively tighter leverage regulation relative to the proposition in Basel III accords. In the second chapter, I study the financial contagion problem when banks in order to hedge against idiosyncratic shocks, engage in two-dimensional as opposed to one-dimensional interactions with other banks. To this end, I develop a double-edge interbank network model where banks engage in debt contract and securitization transactions with other banks. I show that the standard intuition of financial contagion does not translate from the one-dimensional case to the two-dimensional case i.e. financial contagion can either weaken or worsen depending on the network and parameter configuration. In particular, I derive parametrization for the case where financial contagion worsens. In the third chapter, we investigate whether countercyclical capital-ratio regulation (CCR) should be implemented strictly as a rule, or whether regulators should have discretion with respect to the timing and magnitude of changes in capital-ratio requirement. Using a simple model we prove the proposition that under information asymmetry, discretionary CCR leads to an increase in policy uncertainty relative to rule-based CCR. We prove a similar proposition for a general finite-horizon economy. Finally, we document that since discretionary CCR enables the regulator to respond to unexpected shocks, a benevolent regulator faces the welfare trade-off while choosing between rule-based and discretionary CCR.

Download or read book Essays on Central Banking and Macroprudential Policy written by Salim Dehmej and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this thesis, composed of four academic papers, is to apply empirical and theoreticalanalyses to study the involvement of central banks in financial stability-confidence in the financial system's ability to facilitate allocation of economic resources, manage risks, and withstand shocks -and to discuss their recent macroprudential responsibilities. The global financial crisis (GFC) shitied the perspective of financial regulation - rules that financial institutions have to comply with in order to ensure effective risk management and to with stand financial shocks - and supervision - ensuring that financial institutions follow these rules - from a microprudential perspective based on the resilience of individual institutions to amacroprudential (henceforth · "MaP") perspective. The MaP perspective takes into account the interactions of financial institutions, the externalities related to their decisions, and also the effects of the financial cycle on central bank policy and financial stability. This thesis analyses the policy mix of monctary and macroprudential policies which both have an impact on price stability and financial conditions and which operate through common or overlapping channels. A particular focus is given to the role of MaP policy in heterogeneous monetary union such as the Eurozone- where countries are experience in different macroeconomic conditions - in terms of financial and macroeconomic stabilisation. Since a single interest rate is unlikely to fit circumstances in all countries, MaP policy could compensate the Jack of autonomous monetary policy in each country as both policies share many transmission channels. This enhances the optimality's degree of the currency area.

Download or read book Essays in Banking and Monetary Policy written by Adam Blair Ashcraft and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first chapter, I demonstrate that banks play a special role in the transmission mechanism of monetary policy, and that this role potentialy explains the excessive sensitivity and asymmetric response of the real economy to small and temporary changes in interest rates. While banks exploit imperfectly-priced deposit insurance in order to ameliorate the underinvestment problem created by financial constraints, open-market operations by the central bank control the aggregate supply of insured deposits, and thus the severity of these constraints. I demonstrate in the second chapter that tougher bank capital requirements did not affect on the banking industry in the 1980s. Banks with relatively low capital raised their capital ratios relative to better capitalized banks well before any tightening of standards, and did not change their behavior following the change in policy. This implies that banks have market-based incentives to hold capital, an important consideration in designing bank regulation. In the third chapter I illustrate that there is very little correlation between how monetary policy affects state output and how the shocks which monetary policy is trying to smooth affect state output. This correlation is weak enough to imply that while monetary policy may have reduced the variance of aggregate output growth over the last 30 years, it has actually increased volatility for a majority of states. This result has important implications in choosing appropriate target variables for the central bank.

Download or read book Essays on Banking and Monetary Economics written by Mengbo Zhang and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation consists of three chapters on banking and monetary economics. In Chapter 1, I study whether monetary policy is less effective in a low interest-rate environment. To answer this question, I examine how the passthrough of monetary policy to banks' deposit rates has changed, during the secular decline in interest rates in the U.S. over the last decades. In the data, the passthrough increased for about one third of banks, and decreased for the rest. Moreover, the deposit-weighted bank-average passthrough increased under a lower interest rate. I explain this observation in a model where banks have market power over loans and face capital constraints. In the model, when interest rates are low, the passthrough falls as policy rates fall, only in markets where loan competition is high. Hence, the overall passthrough depends on the distribution of loan market power. I confirm the model's prediction using branch-level data of U.S. banks. This channel also impacts the transmission of monetary policy to bank lending under low interest rates. In Chapter 2 (joint with Tsz-Nga Wong), we document a new channel mediating the effects of monetary policy and regulation, the disintermediation channel. When the interest rate on excess reserves (IOER) increases, fewer banks are intermediating in the Fed funds market, and they intermediate less. Thus, the total Fed funds traded decreases. Similarly, disintermediation happens after the balance sheet cost rises, e.g. the introduction of Basel III regulations. The disintermediation channel is significant and supported by empirical evidence on U.S. banks. To explain this channel, we develop a continuous-time search-and-bargaining model of divisible funds and endogenous search intensity that includes the matching model (e.g. Afonso and Lagos, 2015b) and the transaction cost model (e.g. Hamilton, 1996) as special cases. We solve the equilibrium in closed form, derive the dynamic distributions of trades and Fed fund rates, and the stopping times of entry and exit from the Fed fund market. IOER reduces the spread of marginal value of holding reserves, and hence the gain of intermediation. In general, the equilibrium is constrained inefficient, as banks intermediate too much. In Chapter 3 (joint with Saki Bigio and Eduardo Zilberman), we compare the advantages of lump-sum transfers versus a credit policy in response to the Covid-19 crisis. The Covid-19 crisis has lead to a reduction in the demand and supply of sectors that produce goods that need social interaction to be produced or consumed. We interpret the Covid-19 shock as a shock that reduces utility stemming from "social" goods in a two-sector economy with incomplete markets. For the same path of government debt, transfers are preferable when debt limits are tight, whereas credit policy is preferable when they are slack. A credit policy has the advantage of targeting fiscal resources toward agents that matter most for stabilizing demand. We illustrate this result with a calibrated model. We discuss various shortcomings and possible extensions to the model.

Download or read book Essays on International Macroprudential Policy Interactions written by Joan Camilo Granados Castro and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this dissertation, I study the international interactions of financial regulations and the macroeconomic implications of accounting for the borderless dimension of these policies when designing macroprudential coordinated policy frameworks. In the first chapter, I revise empirically whether there is evidence supporting the existence of strategic policy interactions between regulators based in different economies. I find that, in effect, for some types of economies and instruments, the foreign prudential policies are relevant benchmarks that they consider when adjusting their policies and point that these additional adjustments, or interactions, can generate the scope for policy coordination improvements. In chapter two, I set a theoretical framework for thinking about the international policy macroeconomic spillovers that could justify such interactions. I specify the relevant factors these may depend on, the relevance of these policies for mitigating financial market frictions, and the importance of considering interactions both at the global level, between centers and peripheries, as well as regionally between peripheries alone. In the third chapter, I argue a dynamic setup is necessary for a complete welfare evaluation of potential cooperative setups given the persistence of the effect of policy on the regulated banks. Then I set a dynamic, stochastic, general equilibrium model with multi-peripheral features to study when coordination can be fruitful and when it becomes counterproductive. I obtain the mechanisms driving the potential welfare and financial stability gains of coordination, and generate policy recommendations on when to engage in a cooperative effort and why. I concludethe dissertation mentioning potential extensions of these studies for future work. More specifically, in chapter one, I obtain that domestic policymakers can adjust their macroprudential toolkit depending on whether they perceive positive or negative financial stability spillovers stemming from foreign economies which will be an instrument-specific feature. When the effect is positive the regulators engage in policy substitution efforts and relax their policy stance, choosing to rely on the stricter regulations of other countries. On the contrary, when the potential effect is negative the regulators engage in policy competition and match the foreign policy tightenings with local stricter policies. The former is found between interactions between peer, or similar economies, such as advanced reacting to advanced, or emerging countries reacting to other emerging, while the latter effect is found between interactions of non-similar economies (emerging-to-advanced, and advanced-to-emerging). In chapter two, I set up a three-country center-multiperpheral model, where I model a regulated banking sector in each economy that is subject to financial agency frictions. In that setup the financial center will act as a global creditor which I found will be a key feature in simultaneously dampening the local effects, and increasing the cross-border effects of themacroprudential policies at the center, which jointly will imply important international spillovers towards the emerging economies. I explain how coordinated policies imply a mitigation in the level of interventionism required for the treatmeant of the financial frictions which implies that coordinated policies can be worth pursuing in presence of important implementation costs of the regulations. Finally, in the last chapter, I make a comprehensive welfare comparison of coordinated, semi-coordinated, and decentralized policy frameworks in a multilateral environment, and explain that a necessary condition for policy coordination to be welfare improving is that the financial center acts cooperatively, otherwise policy cooperation becomes counterproductive. I identifytwo mechanisms that generate these welfare gains, namely the cancelation of the incentives to manipulate the global interest rates with policy within a cooperative coalition, and a policy motive for substituting local capital accumulation at the financial center for global intermediation towards the peripheries. I show these mechanisms work better with coalitions where more emerging economies interact cooperatively with the center and provide policy recommendations on when cooperation is worth pursuing.

Download or read book Essays on Monetary Policy Interactions with Fiscal Policy and Financial Markets written by Stefan Niemann and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Essays on Policy Dynamics Under Political Frictions written by Yanlei Ma and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The successful design and implementation of macroeconomic and public policies has an important political dimension. This dissertation, which lies at the intersection of macroeconomics and political economy, focuses on understanding the dynamic fiscal and regulatory policies in the context of political conflicts and special interests. The first essay, Curse or Blessing? On the Welfare Consequences of Divided Government and Policy Gridlock, studies the welfare consequences of divided government by analyzing a dynamic legislative bargaining model with endogenous status quo. By comparing a unified government where the opponent's approval is not needed with a divided government where unanimity rule applies, I show that with divided government tax policy is less responsive due to gridlock and is distorted due to dynamic strategic considerations. However, the welfare consequences of such a policy are mixed because gridlock also reduces policy fluctuations created by political turnover. In the simulated economy, I find that divided government can Pareto dominate unified government. While this phenomenon prevails at various levels of inequality and political polarization, the set of initial status quo tax rates allowing for it shrinks as inequality and political polarization rises. Moreover, as income inequality rises, on average divided government benefits the poor while hurting the rich. This is because households at different income levels trade off potential gains and losses from policy gridlock differently. The second essay, Political-Driven Financial Regulatory Cycle, develops a positive theory of political-driven financial regulatory cycle. The key feature of the model is that the regulatory policy is determined through the interaction of financial sector special interest group, politicians competing for office, and households with time-varying attention on financial regulation. I find that in absence of the special interest group, politicians maximize the utility of households and implement stringent regulation. Once the special interest group is introduced, the politicians are induced to behave as if they were maximizing the weighted sum of utilities of the financial industry and strategic households. In symmetric equilibrium, politicians' policies converge and they choose the regulation such that the electoral loss due to weakened support from households equals the electoral gain created by campaign contribution. Moreover, the equilibrium financial regulation turns out to be pro-cyclical. During financial market expansions, the financial regulation remains largely ignored by the general public. Hence the policymaker cater to the financial interest group and promote loose regulation. Once financial crisis takes place, the public attention on regulation is brought up. For fear of upsetting the voters, the politician is forced to tighten the regulation. The third essay, Evaluating Durable Public Good Provision using Housing Prices, is collaborated work with professor Stephen Coate. Recent empirical work in public finance uses the housing price response to public investments to assess the efficiency of local durable public good provision. This paper investigates the theoretical foundations for this technique. In the context of a novel theoretical model developed to study the issue, it shows that there is limited justification for the technique when a budget-maximizing bureaucrat interacts with rational, forward-looking citizens. A special case in which the bureaucrat faces no vot- ing uncertainty is solved in closed form to show why the technique can falsely predict under-provision. In the generalized model which involves randomness of voting outcomes, we show numerically that the technique may falsely predict both under-provision and over-provision of local durable public good. The technique is valid, however, when citizens have adaptive expectations, believing that whatever provision level that currently prevails will be maintained indefinitely.

Download or read book Macro Prudential Policies to Mitigate Financial System Vulnerabilities written by Mr.Stijn Claessens and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Macro-prudential policies aimed at mitigating systemic financial risks have become part of the policy toolkit in many emerging markets and some advanced countries. Their effectiveness and efficacy are not well-known, however. Using panel data regressions, we analyze how changes in balance sheets of some 2,800 banks in 48 countries over 2000–2010 respond to specific macro-prudential policies. Controlling for endogeneity, we find that measures aimed at borrowers––caps on debt-to-income and loan-to-value ratios––and at financial institutions––limits on credit growth and foreign currency lending––are effective in reducing asset growth. Countercyclical buffers are little effective through the cycle, and some measures are even counterproductive during downswings, serving to aggravate declines, consistent with the ex-ante nature of macro-prudential tools.

Download or read book Macroprudential Policy An Organizing Framework Background Paper written by International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2011-03-14 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MCM conducted a survey in December 2010 to take stock of international experiences with financial stability and the evolving macroprudential policy framework. The survey was designed to seek information in three broad areas: the institutional setup for macroprudential policy, the analytical approach to systemic risk monitoring, and the macroprudential policy toolkit. The survey was sent to 63 countries and the European Central Bank (ECB), including all countries in the G-20 and those subject to mandatory Financial Sector Assessment Programs (FSAPs). The target list is designed to cover a broad range of jurisdictions in all regions, but more weight is given to economies that are systemically important (see Annex for details). The response rate is 80 percent. This note provides a summary of the survey’s main findings.

Download or read book The fundamental principles of financial regulation written by Markus Konrad Brunnermeier and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Staff Guidance Note on Macroprudential Policy written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This note provides guidance to facilitate the staff’s advice on macroprudential policy in Fund surveillance. It elaborates on the principles set out in the “Key Aspects of Macroprudential Policy,” taking into account the work of international standard setters as well as the evolving country experience with macroprudential policy. The main note is accompanied by supplements offering Detailed Guidance on Instruments and Considerations for Low Income Countries

Download or read book Monetary Policy and the Housing Bubble written by Jane Dokko and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: