Reserve Requirements, the Maturity Structure of Debt, and Bank Runs

April 1, 2008

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Eza Ghassan Al-Zein. Reserve Requirements, the Maturity Structure of Debt, and Bank Runs, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2008) accessed December 26, 2024

Disclaimer: This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate

Summary

The paper looks at the relationship between reserve requirements and the choice of the maturity structure of external debt in a general equilibrium setup, by incorporating the role of international lenders. A date- and maturity-specific reserve requirement is a fraction of the debt to be deposited in a non-interest bearing account at the central bank. At maturity, the central bank returns the reserves. There exist some specific combinations of date- and maturity-specific reserve requirements that reduce the vulnerability to bank runs. In such setup, lenders may still want to provide new short-term lending to the bank after a bank run.

Subject: Banking, Bonds, Capital controls, Real interest rates, Reserve requirements

Keywords: Bank run, Real interest rate, Short-term debt, WP

Publication Details

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26
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Working Paper No. 2008/108
Stock No:

WPIEA2008108
ISBN:

9781451869682
ISSN:

1018-5941

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