Rollover Risk and Market Freezes
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- Author(s): VIRAL V. ACHARYA, DOUGLAS GALE, TANJU YORULMAZER
- Published: Jul 19, 2011
- Pages: 1177-1209
- DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2011.01669.x
ABSTRACT
The debt capacity of an asset is the maximum amount that can be borrowed using the asset as collateral. We model a sudden collapse in the debt capacity of good collateral. We assume short‐term debt that must be frequently rolled over, a small transaction cost of selling collateral in the event of default, and a small probability of meeting a buy‐to‐hold investor. We then show that a small change in the asset’s fundamental value can be associated with a catastrophic drop in the debt capacity, the kind of market freeze observed during the crisis of 2007 to 2008.