Geodesy

Collateral

Collateralized debt obligation

Benchmark (surveying)

Interbank lending market

Actuarial science

Microeconomics

Interest rate

Economics

Geography

Monetary economics

Econometrics

Marginal cost

Debt

Finance

Government debt

Libor

Journal of Financial Economics

We examine the alternative reference rates that are set to replace the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) as benchmark rate by the end of 2021. After providing the relevant background, we show that: (i) depending on the marginal lenders, tighter regulatory constraints can either increase or decrease the alternative benchmarks; (ii) increases in the amount of government debt outstanding increase the alternative benchmarks, more so for collateralized rates; and (iii) more central bank reserves lower the alternative benchmarks. In addition, we show that term rates based on the alternative reference rates can be detached from banks’ marginal funding costs.

Life after LIBOR