A Crisis of Banks as Liquidity Providers

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Viral V. Acharya

New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business; New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Nada Mora

Lebanese University

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Date Written: October 14, 2013

Abstract

Can banks maintain their advantage as liquidity providers when exposed to a financial crisis? While banks honored their credit lines drawn by firms during the 2007-09 crisis, this provision of liquidity by banks was only possible because of explicit, large support from the government and government-sponsored agencies. At the onset of the crisis, aggregate deposit inflows into banks weakened and their loan-to-deposit shortfalls widened. These patterns were pronounced at banks exposed to greater undrawn commitments. Such banks sought to attract deposits by offering higher rates, but the resulting private funding was insufficient to cover loan-to-deposit shortfalls and they reduced new credit.

Keywords: Liquidity risk, Solvency risk, Financial crisis, Flight to safety

JEL Classification: E4, G01, G11, G21, G28

Suggested Citation

Acharya, Viral V. and Acharya, Viral V. and Mora, Nada, A Crisis of Banks as Liquidity Providers (October 14, 2013). Journal of Finance, Forthcoming, NYU Working Paper No. FIN-11-031, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1972802

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