tests, asking do they add value to the information available in the bank capital ratios observed at the start of the stress … holding of domestic government bonds all require a bank-specific approach in the supervisory review and evaluation process …

literature: risk shifting, gambling for resurrection, moral suasion, and a means to store liquidity for financing future … (ESBies) by banks in low-rated countries. Bank regulations such as constraints on large exposure or risk-based capital on … on corporates and the existence of a ‘bank tax'. These are complementary to the four explanations offered in the …

The bank literature has documented theoretical and empirical evidence of a “diabolic loop” in the sovereign-bank nexus …. Banks have a concentrated risk exposure in domestic government bonds. In the European banking union, this has led to a … contributing to bank stability. But will a supply of ESBies create its own demand? The paper offers two new explanations for the …

sever the link between bank losses, state aid and sovereign risk, and put an end to the doctrine of “too-big-to fail” and … significant increase in the likelihood of bank runs. Since this is the prime cause of financial crises around the world, there is …