Abstract

The Northern Rock bail out has raised concerns about the ability of current supervisory systems to deal with banking crisis. This paper provides a formal model of a lender of last resort. I derive the optimal policy, extract policy implications and thereby suggest reforms to the current arrangements in the United Kingdom.

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