How do Banks Manage Liquidity Risk? Evidence from Equity and Deposit Markets in the Fall of 1998 /
Strahan, Philip E.
How do Banks Manage Liquidity Risk? Evidence from Equity and Deposit Markets in the Fall of 1998 / Philip E. Strahan, Evan Gatev, Til Schuermann. - Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2004. - 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white); - NBER working paper series no. w10982 . - Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w10982. .
December 2004.
We report evidence from the equity market that unused loan commitments expose banks to systematic liquidity risk, especially during crises such as the one observed in the fall of 1998. We also find, however, that banks with higher levels of transactions deposits had lower risk during the 1998 crisis than other banks. These banks experienced large inflows of funds just as they were needed -- when liquidity demanded by firms taking down funds from commercial paper backup lines of credit peaked. Our evidence suggests that combining loan commitments with deposits mitigates liquidity risk, and that this deposit-lending synergy is especially powerful during period of crises as nervous investors move funds into their banks.
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How do Banks Manage Liquidity Risk? Evidence from Equity and Deposit Markets in the Fall of 1998 / Philip E. Strahan, Evan Gatev, Til Schuermann. - Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2004. - 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white); - NBER working paper series no. w10982 . - Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w10982. .
December 2004.
We report evidence from the equity market that unused loan commitments expose banks to systematic liquidity risk, especially during crises such as the one observed in the fall of 1998. We also find, however, that banks with higher levels of transactions deposits had lower risk during the 1998 crisis than other banks. These banks experienced large inflows of funds just as they were needed -- when liquidity demanded by firms taking down funds from commercial paper backup lines of credit peaked. Our evidence suggests that combining loan commitments with deposits mitigates liquidity risk, and that this deposit-lending synergy is especially powerful during period of crises as nervous investors move funds into their banks.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.