Systemic Risk and Monetary Policy: The Haircut Gap Channel of the Lender of Last Resort

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Martina Jasova

Columbia University, Barnard College - Department of Economics

Luc Laeven

European Central Bank (ECB); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Caterina Mendicino

European Central Bank (ECB) - Directorate General Research

José-Luis Peydró

Imperial College London; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences

Dominik Supera

Columbia Business School

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Date Written: June 1, 2021

Abstract

We show that lender of the last resort (LOLR) policy contributes to higher bank interconnectedness and systemic risk. Using novel micro-level data, we analyze the haircut gap channel of LOLR – the difference between the private market and central bank haircuts. LOLR increases interconnectedness by incentivizing banks to pledge higher haircut gap bonds, especially issued by similar banks and by systemically important banks. LOLR also exacerbates cross-pledging of bank bonds. Higher haircut gaps only incentivize banks, not other intermediaries without LOLR access, to increase bank bond holdings. Finally, LOLR revives bank bond issuance associated with higher haircut gaps.

JEL Classification: E44, E52, E58, F30, G01, G21

Suggested Citation

Jasova, Martina and Laeven, Luc A. and Mendicino, Caterina and Peydro, Jose-Luis and Supera, Dominik, Systemic Risk and Monetary Policy: The Haircut Gap Channel of the Lender of Last Resort (June 1, 2021). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16240, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3886683

Martina Jasova (Contact Author)

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