State guarantees are supposed to have positive influence on banks' ratings as they provide an additional safety net to depositors while lending the guarantor's creditworthiness to the bank. Based hereupon, we research if and to what extend guarantees perceptibly affect market prices of...

It is assumed that the awarding of a "systemic importance" seal by the regulator has a positive effect on the equity value of its holder. By employing an event study analysis on a new set of regulatory announcements, we find that financial market participants react to these announcements which...