feedback effects to the real economy generated by bank failures. On a cross-section of countries, we find evidence that … suggests that bank supervisors' intervention in bank failures may be positively associated with some aspects of the …

bank tax, and the U.S. administration has revived its own proposal for such a charge. This paper considers the structure … for taxing bank borrowing, perhaps as an adjunct to minimum capital requirements, at marginal rates that rise quite … higher than those of the bank taxes so far adopted or proposed …

This paper argues that in the European Union (EU) deposit insurance funds are too difficult to use in bank resolution … and too easy to use outside resolution. The paper proposes reforms in three areas for the effective management of bank …

that arises in case of resolution or bankruptcy. This net benefit, which may be capitalized into the value of the bank … distress despite increasing encumbrance of the bank’s balance sheet. The benefit is maximized when resolution is initiated …

affect the likelihood and the timing of bank recovery. Severe regulatory measures increase both the likelihood of recovery … exit the market due to restructuring mergers. Our results remain intact, thus providing no evidence of ""bad"" bank … timing of recovery. Macroeconomic conditions also matter for bank recovery. Hence, concerted micro- and macro …

a less efficient allocation of failed banks. Our results provide new insights into the bank resolution process and the …