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Ricardo Caballero, E. Farhi, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, D. Acemoglu, Philippe Bachetta, Olivier Blanchard, V. Chari, Mike Dooley, Jeff Frankel, Francesco Giavazzi, Gita Gopinath, Gian Maria, Milessi Ferreti, Enrique Mendoza, Michael Mussa, Maury Obstfeld, Fabrizio Perri, Paolo Pesenti, Richard Portes, Hélène Rey, Andrei Shleifer, Lars Svensson, Jaume Ventura, Joachim Voth, I. Werning (2005)
An Equilibrium Model of " Global Imbalances " and Low Interest Rates
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In these excerpts from The Squam Lake Report, fifteen distinguished economists analyze where the global financial system failed, and how such failures might be prevented (or at least their damage better contained) in the future. Although there were many contributing factors to the crisis—including “agency” problems throughout the financial system and a bankruptcy code poorly suited for reorganizing financial firms—at the core of the problem is a potential conflict between the risk‐taking proclivity of financial institutions and the interests of the economy at large that must be managed at least in part through more effective regulation. The Squam Lake Report provides a nonpartisan plan to transform the regulation of financial markets in ways designed to limit systemic risk while preserving—to the extent possible and prudent—the economies of scale and scope that justify the existence of today's large financial institutions. To reduce the risks that large banks will fail, the authors call for higher capital requirements based on more effective assessments of the risks of bank assets and liabilities, as well as a new systemic regulator that should be part of the central bank. To reduce the costs of failure when it occurs, the authors propose that banks be required to create “living wills” laying out their plan to sell assets or shut down operations in the event of financial trouble. As part of that plan, regulators are urged to “aggressively encourage” banks to issue “contingent” debt capital securities that convert into equity.
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance – Wiley
Published: Jun 1, 2010
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