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– helped attenuate bailout-related moral hazard. Banks were averse to these appointments – the empirical distribution of missed …
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attenuate bailout-related moral hazard. Banks were averse to these appointments - the empirical distribution of missed payments …
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This note discusses some issues in bank closure policy from a financial stability standpoint and how these issues have evolved since we first raised the question of how a reputation-driven divergence of interests between bank regulators and taxpayers may distort bank closure policy in our 1993...
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This paper briefly reviews papers presented at a JFI-Washington University Conference on the post-crisis evolution of banks and financial markets that are appearing in a special issue of the JFI. The major themes represented by the papers in this issue have significantly advanced our...
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I develop a theory of political influence on bank lending and capital structure. The idea is that legislators may want to direct bank credit to politically-favored loans that reduce bank shareholder wealth, but generate social and/or political benefits. The regulator, who implements the laws...
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An extensive review of the evidence related to the 2007-09 crisis reveals that it was an insolvency risk crisis, not a liquidity crisis. The appropriate post-crisis regulatory reform should therefore focus on increasing capital requirements. The Basel III liquidity requirements do not serve a...
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We show the anticipation of a bailout of distressed firms worsens ex ante adverse selection, causing a market freeze … and inviting government intervention - a "bailout trap." When firms of heterogenous qualities raise financing, high … bailout. This reduces ex post trading profits of buyers, dissuading ex ante participation by high-quality firms, possibly …
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This paper briefly reviews papers presented at a JFI-Washington University Conference on the post-crisis evolution of banks and financial markets that are appearing in a special issue of the JFI. The major themes represented by the papers in this issue have significantly advanced our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012899653