Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/235624 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Working Paper Series No. 21/358
Publisher: 
ETH Zurich, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research, Zurich
Abstract: 
Bank leverage constraints can emerge from regulatory capital requirements as well as from central bank collateral requirements in reserve lending facilities. While these two channels are usually examined separately, we are able to compare them with the help of a bank money creation model in which central bank reserves have to be acquired to settle interbank liabilities. In particular, we show that with regard to bank monitoring, monetary policy via collateral requirements leads to a unique collateral leverage channel, which cannot be replicated by standard capital requirements. Through this channel, banks can expand loan supply and deposit issuance when they face liquidity constraints, by raising the collateral value of their loans with tighter monitoring of firms. The collateral leverage channel can improve welfare beyond standard bank capital regulation. Our results may inform current policy debates, such as the design of central bank collateral frameworks or the question whether monetary policy remains effective in times with large central bank reserves.
Subjects: 
leverage
banks
monitoring
bank regulation
monetary policy
JEL: 
E42
E52
E58
G21
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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