12-022/2 - On Risk, Leverage and Banks: Do highly Leveraged Banks take on Excessive Risk?

• Authors
  Martin Koudstaal, Double Effect; Sweder van Wijnbergen, University of Amsterdam
• Publication date
  March 12, 2012

• Keywords
  bank fragility, risk shifting, deposit insurance, gambles for resurrection
• JEL
  G21, G28, G32