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Contingent capital: the trigger problem


Abstract: In this article, we analyze price triggers in contingent capital bonds. We illustrate the pervasiveness of multiple equilibria and the nonexistence of equilibrium in theoretical models. We summarize evidence of these problems from market experiments and we evaluate possible solutions.

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Part of Series: Economic Quarterly

Publication Date: 2012

Volume: 98

Issue: 1Q

Pages: 33-50