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, Patrick Bolton Columbia University and NBER Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Tano Santos Columbia University and NBER Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Jose A Scheinkman Columbia University, Princeton University, and NBER Send correspondence to Jose A. Scheinkman, js3317@columbia.edu. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic
The Review of Financial Studies, Volume 34, Issue 3, March 2021, Pages 1408–1444, https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhaa074
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03 July 2020
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Patrick Bolton, Tano Santos, Jose A Scheinkman, Savings Gluts and Financial Fragility, The Review of Financial Studies, Volume 34, Issue 3, March 2021, Pages 1408–1444, https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhaa074
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Abstract
We propose an incentive-based theory of how a savings glut produces financial fragility. Originators must be incentivized to produce high-quality assets. Assets are distributed to informed intermediaries or uninformed investors. A savings glut reduces origination incentives by compressing spreads between the prices paid for high-quality assets by informed intermediaries and prices paid by uninformed investors for generic assets. The narrowing of spreads relaxes intermediaries’ borrowing constraints, resulting in higher leverage. This generates financial fragility: intermediaries are more likely to become insolvent if unforeseen losses arise. Our model offers a coherent narrative of the run-up to the Global Financial Crisis.
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G01 - Financial Crises G15 - International Financial Markets G23 - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
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