Bank Capital Forbearance

37 Pages Posted: 5 Nov 2020

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Natalya Martynova

Deutsche Bundesbank - Research Centre

Enrico Perotti

University of Amsterdam

Javier Suarez

Centre for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Date Written: May, 2019

Abstract

We analyze the strategic interaction between undercapitalized banks and a supervisor who may intervene by preventive recapitalization. Supervisory forbearance emerges because of a commitment problem, reinforced by fiscal costs and constrained capacity. Private incentives to comply are lower when supervisors have lower credibility, especially for highly levered banks. Less credible supervisors (facing higher cost of intervention) end up intervening more banks, yet producing higher forbearance and systemic costs of bank distress. Importantly, when public intervention capacity is constrained, private recapitalization decisions become strategic complements, leading to equilibria with extremely high forbearance and high systemic costs of bank failure.

Keywords: bank recapitalization, bank supervision, forbearance

JEL Classification: G21, G28

Suggested Citation

Martynova, Natalya and Perotti, Enrico and Suarez, Javier, Bank Capital Forbearance (May, 2019). ESRB: Working Paper Series No. 2019/93, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3723455 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3723455

Natalya Martynova (Contact Author)

Deutsche Bundesbank - Research Centre ( email )

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Enrico Perotti

University of Amsterdam ( email )

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Javier Suarez

Centre for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI) ( email )

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Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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