Beyond Pangloss: financial sector origins of inefficient economic booms
Government guarantees of bank liabilities have a long-standing history and are now ubiquitous. We study a model where financial sophistication enhances banks’ ability to exploit government guarantees and fuels inefficient economic booms. Driven by financial engineering, bank rent extraction creates...
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| פורמט: | Journal article |
| שפה: | English |
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Elsevier
2024
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