Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/32968 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Citation: 
[Editor:] Klodt, Henning [Editor:] Lehment, Harmen [Title:] The crisis and beyond [Publisher:] Kiel Institute for the World Economy [Place:] Kiel [Year:] 2009 [Pages:] 19-23
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel
Abstract: 
Appropriate policies to address the problem of toxic assets should act as automatic stabilizers, so that institutions who toxic assets turn out to be worthless receive more public support than institutions whose toxic assets have value. Furthermore, such policies should be frugal in their demands on the taxpayer. In the context of a simple illustrative toxic asset, the paper shows that the Geithner Plan fulfills neither of these desiderata. The plan is extremely wasteful when banks need only modest bailouts; when they need large bailouts, the plan is ineffective.
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