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Bank Capital and Dividend Externalities / Viral V. Acharya, Hanh Le, Hyun Song Shin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Acharya, Viral V.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w19707.
- NBER working paper series no. w19707
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2013.
- Summary:
- In spite of mounting losses banks continued to pay dividends during the crisis. We present a model that addresses this behavior. By paying out dividends, a bank transfers value to its shareholders away from creditors, among whom are other banks. This way, one bank's dividend payout policy affects the equity value and risk of default of other banks. When such negative externalities are strong and bank franchise values are not too low, the private equilibrium can feature excess dividends relative to a coordinated policy that maximizes the combined equity value of banks.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- December 2013.
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