In the wake of the global financial crisis that erupted in 2008, there has been extensive commentary and regulatory focus on the 'Too Big to Fail' issue. In this paper, we survey the proposed solutions and regulatory initiatives that have been undertaken. We conduct a longitudinal analysis of...

This paper empirically analyzes the determinants of banks' systemic importance. In constructing a measure on the systemic importance of financial institutions we find that size is a leading determinant. This confirms the usual "Too big to fail" argument. Nevertheless, banks with size above a...

The “too big to fail” institutions are a widespread concern, especially in the financial world. The author aims to determine if banking markets have a tendency in creating “too big to fail” institutions or if they created randomly, by uncorrelated determinants. The importance of the...

The volume is a collection of articles based on presentations given at a conference titled "Too Big to Fail III: Structural Reform Proposals - Should We Break Up the Banks ?" hosted by the Institute for Law and Finance on January 21, 2014 - the third session of a series on the topic "too big to...