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Leverage Cycle Theory Of Economic Crises And Booms, John Geanakoplos
Leverage Cycle Theory Of Economic Crises And Booms, John Geanakoplos
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers
Traditionally, booms and busts have been attributed to investors' excessive or insufficient demand, irrational exuberance and panics, or fraud. The leverage cycle begins with the observation that much of demand is facilitated by borrowing, and that crashes often occur simultaneously with the withdrawal of lending.
Lenders are worried about default, and therefore attach credit terms like collateral or minimum credit ratings to their contracts. The credit surface, depicting interest rates as a function of the credit terms, emerges in leverage cycle equilibrium. Investors and lenders (and regulators) choose where on the credit surface they trade. The leverage cycle …
Default And Bankruptcy In A Multistage Exchange Economy, Martin Shubik
Default And Bankruptcy In A Multistage Exchange Economy, Martin Shubik
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers
Either lending must be secured or otherwise some form of default or bankruptcy rules are required to provide a disincentive against strategic default. When many time periods are involved, the mere specification of a penalty which is sufficient for one period of trade, is not sufficient. The complete specification of even a two period game requires that both the treatment of creditors (including seniority conditions) and the nature of the rehabilitation of the debtor must be specified. This paper explores these problems.