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Has "too big to fail" been solved? : a longitudinal analysis of major U.S. banks
Thosar, Satish; Schwandt, Bradley - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 12 (2019) 1/24, pp. 1-14
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...
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'Too Big to Fail' or 'Too Non-Traditional to Fail'? : The Determinants of Banks' Systemic Importance
Moore, Kyle - 2013
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013091736
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The UBS-Credit Suisse Merger : Helvetia's Gift
Böni, Pascal; Kroencke, Tim-Alexander; Vasvari, Florin P. - 2023
The UBS- Credit Suisse (CS) merger in March 2023, one of the biggest banking unions in history, was an emergency rescue … deal engineered by Swiss authorities to avoid more market-shaking turmoil in global banking. The merger resulted in a … around the merger announcement through abnormal returns to UBS stockholders (7.95%) and CS bondholders (34.74%), equivalent …
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Bank networks : contagion, systemic risk and prudential policy
Aldasoro, Iñaki; Delli Gatti, Domenico; Faia, Ester - 2015 - This Draft: July 2015
We present a network model of the interbank market in which optimizing risk averse banks lend to each other and invest in non-liquid assets. Market clearing takes place through a tâtonnement process which yields the equilibrium price, while traded quantities are determined by means of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012061674
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Is size everything?
Antill, Samuel; Sarkar, Asani - 2018
We examine sources of systemic risk (threshold size, complexity, and interconnectedness) with factors constructed from equity returns of large financial firms, after accounting for standard risk factors. From the factor loadings and factor returns, we estimate the implicit government subsidy for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011894404
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The perennial challenge to abolish too-big-to-fail in banking : empirical evidence from the new international regulation dealing with global systemically important banks
Moenninghoff, Sebastian C.; Ongena, Steven; Wieandt, Axel - 2014
This paper provides evidence on how the new international regulation on Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs) impacts the market value of large banks. We analyze the stock price reactions for the 300 largest banks from 52 countries across 12 relevant regulatory announcement and...
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Resolving "too big to fail"
Cetorelli, Nicola; Traina, James - 2018
Using a synthetic control research design, we find that "living will" regulation increases a bank's annual cost of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011868550
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U.S. Bank Structure, Fragility, Bailout, and Failure during the U.S. Financial Crisis
Lu, Wenling - 2016
This paper examines the impact of charter type, holding company structure, and measures of bank fragility on the … likelihood of a bank bailout or failure during the late 2000s financial crisis. The empirical results indicate that established … brokered deposits, and held a relatively large portfolio of real estate loans. In addition, bank failure was more likely for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013008003
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Explaining bank failures in the United States : the role of self-fulfilling prophecies, systemic risk, banking regulation, and contagion
Herger, Nils - 2008
Using count data on the number of bank failures in US states during the 1960 to 2006 period, this paper endeavors to … instruments to absorb potential endogeneity between the number of bank failures and economic and regulatory conditions. Results … suggest that bank failures are not merely self-fulfilling prophecies but relate systematically to inflation as well as to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003882304
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A false sense of security : why U.S. banks diversify and does it help?
Gandhi, Priyank; Kiefer, Patrick Christian; Plazzi, Alberto - 2016
contributes to the current debate on the optimal scope of bank activities, and highlights novel channels through which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011518813