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The put problem with buying toxic assets

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This article uses the option pricing arguments of Merton (1974) to demonstrate that even solvent banks will be reluctant to sell volatile, toxic assets at market prices. Banks' shareholders have insolvency puts that give them limited liability in the event of default. The insolvency puts are more valuable when the banks' assets are more volatile. Shareholders in banks will require any buyer to pay for the lost volatility as well as the market price of the toxic assets. Thus, taxpayers must be ready to richly overpay if they want banks to voluntarily part with their toxic assets.

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  • Linus Wilson, 2010. "The put problem with buying toxic assets," Applied Financial Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(1-2), pages 31-35.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apfiec:v:20:y:2010:i:1-2:p:31-35
    DOI: 10.1080/09603100903262954
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    1. Breitenfellner, Bastian & Wagner, Niklas, 2010. "Government intervention in response to the subprime financial crisis: The good into the pot, the bad into the crop," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 19(4), pages 289-297, September.
    2. Jyh-Jiuan Lin & Chuen-Ping Chang & Shi Chen, 2018. "How Does Distress Acquisition Incentivized by Government Purchases of Distressed Loans Affect Bank Default Risk?," Risks, MDPI, vol. 6(2), pages 1-16, April.
    3. Wilson, Linus, 2011. "A binomial model of Geithner's toxic asset plan," Journal of Economics and Business, Elsevier, vol. 63(5), pages 349-371, September.

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