Autori
Allen, Franklin
Carletti, Elena

Titolo
Deposits and bank capital structure
Periodico
European University Institute of Badia Fiesolana (Fi). Department of Economics - Working papers
Anno: 2013 - Fascicolo: 3 - Pagina iniziale: 1 - Pagina finale: 50

In a model with bankruptcy costs and segmented deposit and equity markets, we endogenize the choice of bank and firm capital structure and the cost of equity and deposit finance. Despite risk neutrality, equity capital is more costly than deposits. When banks directly finance risky investments, they hold positive capital and diversify. When they make risky loans to firms, banks trade off the high cost of equity with the diversification benefits from a lower bankruptcy probability. When bankruptcy costs are high, banks use no capital and only lend to one sector. When these are low, banks hold capital and diversify.




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