Abstract
It is shown that the Diamond-Dybvig [Journal of Political Economy 96 (1983) 768] banking model with a continuum of types of agents has the same analytical structure as the standard optimal income taxation model [Review of Economic Studies 38 (1971) 175; Review of Economic Studies 43 (1976) 261]. Insights from the income taxation literature immediately imply that a bank-run equilibrium exists in the banking model as long as the long-term project is sufficiently costly to liquidate.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 193-198 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Economics Letters |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 May 2003 |
Funding
sThis paper is based on Section 2.7 of my doctoral dissertation submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota. I am indebted to my supervisors Ed Green and Neil Wallace for their guidance and advice. I also thank Nobuhiro Kiyotaki, Antonio Merlo and Arijit Mukherji for their useful comments and suggestions.
Keywords
- Bank run
- Demand deposit contract
- Optimal income taxation