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Biais, Bruno
, Heider, Florian and Hoerova, Marie
(2017)
Optimal margins and equilibrium prices.
TSE Working Paper, n. 17-819, Toulouse
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Abstract
We study the interaction between contracting and equilibrium pricing when risk- averse hedgers purchase insurance from risk-neutral investors subject to moral hazard. Moral hazard limits risk-sharing. In the individually optimal contract, margins are called (after bad news) to improve risk-sharing. But margin calls depress the price of investors' assets, affecting other investors negatively. Because of this fire-sale externality, there is too much use of margins in the market equilibrium compared to the utilitarian optimum. Moreover, equilibrium multiplicity can arise: In a pessimistic equilibrium, hedgers who fear low prices request high margins to obtain more insurance. Large margin calls trigger large price drops, confirming initial pessimistic expectations. Finally, moral hazard generates endogenous market incompleteness, raises risk premia, and induces contagion between asset classes.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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| Language: | English |
| Date: | June 2017 |
| Place of Publication: | Toulouse |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Insurance, Derivatives, Moral hazard, Risk-management, Margin requirements, Contagion, Fire-sales |
| JEL Classification: | D82 - Asymmetric and Private Information G21 - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages G22 - Insurance; Insurance Companies |
| Subjects: | B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE |
| Divisions: | TSM Research (Toulouse), TSE-R (Toulouse) |
| Institution: | Université Toulouse 1 Capitole |
| Site: | UT1 |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Jun 2017 13:21 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2021 15:55 |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:tse-fr.eu:31769 |
| URI: | https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/24142 |
