Efficiency and Bargaining Power in the Interbank Loan Market

41 Pages Posted: 25 Aug 2012 Last revised: 11 Feb 2015

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Jason Allen

Government of Canada - Bank of Canada

James T. E. Chapman

Government of Canada - Bank of Canada

Federico Echenique

California Institute of Technology - Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences

Matthew Shum

California Institute of Technology

Date Written: February 9, 2015

Abstract

Using detailed transactions-level data on interbank loans, we examine the efficiency of an overnight interbank lending market, and the bargaining power of its participants. Our analysis relies on the equilibrium concept of the core, which imposes a set of no-arbitrage conditions on trades in the market. For Canada's Large-Value Transfer System, we show that while the market is fairly efficient, systemic inefficiency persists throughout our sample. The level of inefficiency matches distinct phases of both the Bank of Canada's operations as well as phases of the 2007-2008 financial crisis. We find that bargaining power tilted sharply towards borrowers as the financial crisis progressed, and (surprisingly) towards riskier borrowers.

Keywords: interbank markets, cooperative bargaining, financial institutions

JEL Classification: C71, G21, G28, E58

Suggested Citation

Allen, Jason J. and Chapman, James T. E. and Echenique, Federico and Shum, Matthew, Efficiency and Bargaining Power in the Interbank Loan Market (February 9, 2015). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2125925 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2125925

Jason J. Allen (Contact Author)

Government of Canada - Bank of Canada ( email )

Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G9
Canada

James T. E. Chapman

Government of Canada - Bank of Canada ( email )

234 Wellington Street
Ontario, Ottawa K1A 0G9
Canada

Federico Echenique

California Institute of Technology - Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences ( email )

313 Baxter Hall
Pasadena, CA 91125
United States

Matthew Shum

California Institute of Technology ( email )

Pasadena, CA 91125
United States

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