2007-2009. The fear is that if a big bank gets into trouble, its problems will infect other financial institutions and … there are huge complexities at almost every level. What is “big?” How big is too big? What is a “bank?” What kinds of risk …-taking are appropriate for a bank – and why? What do we know about the costs and benefits of different strategies? This paper …

“Too big to fail” traditionally refers to a bank that is perceived to generate unacceptable risk to the banking system … and indirectly to the economy as a whole if it were to default and unable to fulfill its obligations. Such a bank … of contagion if a bank fails. The main objectives in this paper are to identify the different dimensions of “too big to …

in the banking sectors of various countries. After the 2007-2009 crisis, bank capital requirements have, in some cases … guidelines has contributed to regulatory complexity, even when omitting other bank capital regulations that are specific to the … US, and (3) how the US regulatory measures still do not provide equally valuable information about whether a bank is …