Collateral Runs

Sebastian Infante and Alexandros Vardoulakis
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Alexandros Vardoulakis: https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/alexandros-vardoulakis.htm

No 2018-022, Finance and Economics Discussion Series from Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)

Abstract: This paper models an unexplored source of liquidity risk faced by large broker-dealers: collateral runs. By setting different contracting terms on repurchase agreements with cash borrowers and lenders, dealers can source funds for their own activities. Cash borrowers internalize the risk of losing their collateral in case their dealer defaults, prompting them to withdraw it. This incentive creates strategic complementarities for counterparties to withdraw their collateral, reducing a dealer's liquidity position and compromising her solvency. Collateral runs are markedly different than traditional wholesale funding runs because they are triggered by a contraction in dealers' assets, rather than their liabilities.

Keywords: Dealer; Collateral; Default; Liquidity; Rehypothecation; Repo; Runs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C72 G01 G23 G33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 54 pages
Date: 2018-04-04
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DOI: 10.17016/FEDS.2018.022

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