Switching costs and financial stability |
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Institution: | 1. Hanken School of Economics, P.O. Box 479, 00101, Helsinki, Finland;2. Bank of Finland and VATT Institute for Economic Research, Monetary Policy and Research Department, Bank of Finland, P.O. Box 160, 00101, Helsinki, Finland |
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Abstract: | We establish that the effect of intensified deposit market competition, measured by reduced switching costs, on the probability of bank failures depends critically on whether we focus on competition with established customer relationships or competition for the formation of such relationships. With inherited customer relationships, intensified competition due to lower switching costs destabilizes the banking market, whereas it stabilizes the market if we focus on competition for the formation of customer relationships. We characterize the factors important for evaluating the effects of intensified competition on stability in a market with unattached as well as locked-in depositors. |
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Keywords: | Deposit market competition Financial stability Bank failures Switching cost Competition versus stability tradeoff |
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