This paper seeks to understand the interplay between banks, bank regulation, sovereign default risk and central bank … guarantees in a monetary union. I assume that banks can use sovereign bonds for repurchase agreements with a common central bank … cheaply, effectively shifting the risk of some of the potential sovereign default losses on the common central bank. …

externalities between the two countries arise from cross-border bank ownership. The two countries face (i) a regulatory decision of … contrast, bailout policies are centralized only when international spillovers from cross-border bank ownership are strong, and …

Japanese banking crisis. By leveraging a unique dataset merging firm-level financial statements and bank balance sheets, the …

the public, long-term systemic risk among banks tends to increase. From the dynamic perspective, bank penalties represent … long-term. In this respect, bank penalties resemble still waters that run deep. In contrast, a settlement with regulatory …

', if fiscal consolidation is combined with a program for bank recovery and for competitiveness and growth. The second …

taxes on bank wages. As the corporate tax may be borne by labor, a natural question to ask is whether the economic incidence … of foreign-source bank income is almost fully passed through to higher interest margins charged abroad. The result may …