Acharya, Viral V.; Steffen, Sascha - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
We show that Eurozone bank risks during 2007-2012 can be understood as a "carry trade" behavior. Bank equity returns … exploit government guarantees, arbitrage regulatory risk weights, and access central-bank funding, we find that this carry …-GIPSI countries' banks, but not so for similar banks in other Western economies or for non-bank firms. …