Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/82325 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
Danmarks Nationalbank Working Papers No. 2
Publisher: 
Danmarks Nationalbank, Copenhagen
Abstract: 
We use a game theoretical framework to analyze the intraday behavior of banks with respect to settlement of interbank claims in a real time gross settlement setting. We find that the game played by banks depends upon the intraday credit policy of the central bank and that it encompasses two well-known game theoretical paradigms: the prisoner's dilemma and the stag hunt. The former arises in a collateralized credit regime where we confirm the result of earlier literature that banks have an incentive to postpone payments when daylight liquidity is costly and that this is socially inefficient. The latter arises in a priced credit regime where we show that the postponement of payments can be socially efficient.
Subjects: 
payment systems
RTGS
prisoner's dilemma
stag hunt
JEL: 
C72
E58
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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