IMF Working Papers

Bank Resolution Costs, Depositor Preference, and Asset Encumbrance

By Daniel C Hardy

July 18, 2013

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Daniel C Hardy. Bank Resolution Costs, Depositor Preference, and Asset Encumbrance, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2013) accessed November 21, 2024
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Summary

Depositor preference and collateralization of borrowing may reduce the cost of settling the conflicts among creditors that arises in case of resolution or bankruptcy. This net benefit, which may be capitalized into the value of the bank rather than affect creditors’ expected returns, should result in lower overall funding costs and thus a lower probability of distress despite increasing encumbrance of the bank’s balance sheet. The benefit is maximized when resolution is initiated early enough for preferred depositors to remain fully protected.

Subject: Bank resolution, Banking, Collateral, Deposit insurance, Financial crises, Financial institutions, Legal support in revenue administration, Revenue administration

Keywords: Asset encumbrance, Bank resolution, Bank resolution procedure, Bankruptcy cost, Bankruptcy costs, Borrowing bank, Collateral, Conflict cost, Deposit insurance, Depositor preference, Global, Interest rate, Legal support in revenue administration, Net payoff, Rate of return, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    30

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2013/172

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2013172

  • ISBN:

    9781484354100

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941