drawing useful lessons for regulatory reform. We argue that an important contributor to positive bank performance was a solid …

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 …

This paper investigates the effectiveness of supervisory discipline on bank risk over the years immediately before … public. Access to this information allows a complete analysis of the effects of regulatory enforcement actions on bank … effective tool for slowing declines in a bank's capital ratios and informal actions were relatively less potent. Post …

equity ratio, loan quality and bank size are the main determinants of bank bailout involvement. However, the aided banks … sufficient to restore bank health …

focuses on bank incentives to manage bad loans. We show that interventions involving bank recapitalizations provide banks with … undercapitalization of the banking sector, other interventions, such as guarantees on bank liabilities and liquidity support, lead banks … crisis, and find that bank recapitalizations substantially reduce recession duration …