Mean Variance Optimization of Non-Linear Systems and Worst-case Analysis



Differentiating (18) with respect to Rm gives

d(ωma


- ωms)


dRm


-Rmfma(Rm) + Rmfms (Rm) - (1 - Fma(Rm))
+
Rmfma (Rm) + (1 - Fms (Rm)) - Rmfms (Rm)


Fma (Rm )


Fms (Rm).


From (17) it follows d(ωma~ωms) > 0 for Rm Dm and d(ωma-ωms) < 0 otherwise. This,
dRm                  2         dRm

along with ωma - ωms =0 both for Rm = 0 and for Rm = Dm implies ωma - ωms0for

all Rm [0,Dm].                                                               Q.E.D.

Proof of Proposition 2

The demand for liquidity of the merged banks, xm = δ1 Dm + δ2 Dm, has density function

as in (16). Using Leibniz’s rule, the equality Dm = Rm + L1 + L2, and the ratio km

Rm
Dm


from (11) we can express the first order condition dRm = 0 as

8 km - 4km + 1 = rD for km 1/2

(19)


8(1 - km)3 = rD      for km 1/2.

The term on the LHS of the equalities is the marginal benefit of increasing the reserve-
deposit ratio, that is the reduction in the expected need of refinancing induced by a marginal
increase of the reserve ratio. The term on the RHS of the equalities is the ratio between the
marginal cost of raising reserves
rD and the marginal cost of refinancing rI. From (19), we
obtain:

km

for rI 3rD

for rI 3rD,


(20)

where z(rI, rD) is the solution of the equation z3 3z2 + 8(1 rD) = 0 in the interval (0, ]
increasing in the ratio
rD. Since f(0) 0, f(1/2) 0 and f0(z) 0, z(rI,rD) is the unique
real solution.

To compare km with ksq, we rearrange ksq given in (10) as

rD

(1 - ksq) = rγ-,                                       (21)

where, as before, the LHS is the marginal benefit of increasing the reserve-deposit ratio and
the RHS is the ratio between the marginal cost of raising deposits and holding reserves
rD
and the marginal cost of refinancing rI .

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