What is the bank instability problem? Understand the Bryant and Diamond models of bank runs. I want you to understand the quantitative logic of the problem. Memorizing formulas is not the point here. Be able to understand how my decision about whether to wait for my return or not depends on what I expect others to do. Notice that information problems are important in fully understanding the problem. What are the solutions to the bank instability problem? Understand how they work. What is the role of asymmetric information in creating the bank instability problem? Explain the connection between the solution to the bank instability problem that we have adopted and the necessity for bank regulation. Relate to the problem of moral hazard in debt finance.
What is the bank instability problem? Understand the Bryant and Diamond models of bank runs. I want you to understand the quantitative logic of the problem. Memorizing formulas is not the point here. Be able to understand how my decision about whether to wait for my return or not depends on what I expect others to do. Notice that information problems are important in fully understanding the problem. What are the solutions to the bank instability problem? Understand how they work. What is the role of asymmetric information in creating the bank instability problem? Explain the connection between the solution to the bank instability problem that we have adopted and the necessity for bank regulation. Relate to the problem of moral hazard in debt finance.
