WORK IN PROGRESS
WORKING PAPERS
Abstract:
This article examines how the issuance of a Digital Currency by a non-bank operator impacts competition between banks in a cashless society. I analyze how the fee charged for the digital currency impacts the interest rates on loans and the fees charged by banks to depositors for paying by card and opening an account in a bank. I derive the conditions under which consumers use the digital currency to pay.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3673958
'Bank-Platform Competition in the Credit Market', with Sara Biancini (Thema, Université de Cergy-Pontoise).
Abstract:
The paper analyzes the equilibrium on the credit market when a bank and a platform compete to offer credit to borrowers. The platform does not manage deposit accounts, but acts as an intermediary between the borrower and the investor, offering a risky contract such that the investor is only reimbursed if the borrower is successful. We first characterize the optimal contracts proposed by the platform, depending on the two-sided structure of the market. Then, we study the impact of bank-platform competition on the average risk of bank loans and the relative level of interest rates.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3446694
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3402994
NEW PROJECTS:
'Competing Digital Monies', with Jon Frost (BIS), Hyun Song Shin (BIS), and Jean-Charles Rochet (University of Geneva).
'Artificial Intelligence and Money Laundering', with Luc Fortin (University Paris 2) and Marie Obidzinski (University Paris 2).