A Theory of the Boundaries of Banks with Implications for Financial Integration and Regulation

Posted: 20 Apr 2018

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Falko Fecht

Deutsche Bundesbank; Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

Roman Inderst

Goethe University Frankfurt

Sebastian Pfeil

University of Groningen

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Date Written: September 2017

Abstract

We offer a theory of the "boundary of the firm" tailored to banks as it builds on a single risk-shifting inefficiency and takes into account interbank lending, as an alternative to integration, and insured deposit financing. It explains why deeper economic integration should cause also greater, though still incomplete, financial integration, through both bank mergers and interbank lending, and why economic disintegration, as currently witnessed in the European Union, should cause less interbank exposure. Recent policy measures such as the preferential treatment of retail deposits, the extension of deposit insurance, or penalties on "connectedness" could reduce welfare.

Keywords: Interbank Lending, Risk Shifting, Debt Overhang, Integration

JEL Classification: G21, F36

Suggested Citation

Fecht, Falko and Inderst, Roman and Pfeil, Sebastian, A Theory of the Boundaries of Banks with Implications for Financial Integration and Regulation (September 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3164465

Falko Fecht

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