Banking Panic Risk and Macroeconomic Uncertainty

Jakob Mikkelsen and Johannes Poeschl

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Abstract: We show that systemic risk in the banking sector breeds macroeconomic uncertainty. In a production economy with a banking sector, financial constraints of banks can lead to disastrous banking panics. We find that a higher probability of a banking panic increases uncertainty in the aggregate economy. We explore the implications of this banking panic-driven uncertainty for business cycles, asset prices and macroprudential regulation. Banking panic-driven uncertainty amplifies business cycle volatility, increases risk premia on asset prices and yields a new benefit from countercyclical bank capital buffers.

Keywords: Banking Panics; Systemic Risk; Endogenous Uncertainty; Macroprudential Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E44 G12 G21 G28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-06-27
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