Ethical Differences Between Loan Maturity Mismatching and Fractional Reserve Banking: A Natural Law Approach

In a number of recent articles, the debate on the ethics of fractional reserve “free” banking has been extended to loan maturity mismatching, specifically the banking practice of borrowing short and lending long. Barnett and Block (J Bus Ethics 88(4):711–716, 2009; 2010) claim the practice is illici...

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Main Author: Davidson, Laura (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2015
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2015, Volume: 131, Issue: 1, Pages: 9-18
Further subjects:B Fractional reserve banking
B Loans
B private property rights
B Natural Law
B Loan maturity mismatching
B Demand deposits
B Title-transfer theory of contract
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