"This paper models and estimates ex ante safety-net benefits at a sample of large banks in US and Europe during 2003-2008. Our results suggest that difficult-to-fail and unwind (DFU) banks enjoyed substantially higher ex ante benefits than other institutions. Safety-net benefits prove...

Good Supervision and its Limits in the Post-Lehman Era -- Managing the Quality of Financial Supervision -- The Case for Analytical Supervision - A Swedish Perspective -- Unintended Consequences of Supervision -- Influence and Incentives in Financial Institution Supervision -- Developments in...