MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy
Public Policy
Preventing Another SVB: The Case for Mandatory Duration Gap Disclosure
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Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failed in March 2023. Three prominent economists affiliated with the Golub Center discussed their ideas of what happened and what’s next immediately following SVB’s demise. Now, Edward Golding and Deborah Lucas discuss a simple policy change that relies primarily on market discipline that would reduce the likelihood of future SVBs. (Views are those of the authors and not those of the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy.) Read the most recent version here.
Click here to read the version published in American Banker in October 2023.