This paper studies the country-level reaction of bank credit default swap (“CDS”) spreads and stock prices to bailout … announcements in the US and five European countries in October 2008. Bailouts announcements are associated with bank CDS spreads … narrowing, both for domestic and foreign banks, pointing to an important role for cross-border exposures. Movements in bank …

This paper reviews the market reaction to bank rescue packages announced in six countries between October 2008 and … shareholders as seen in the movement of bank stock prices. Government interventions benefited creditors at the expense of … shareholders, with bank CDS spreads narrowing around the announcements in all cases. Despite a brief positive reaction, bank stock …

for other banks. As an empirical exercise, we apply this model to the French banking system. Relying on data on bank …

The returns on bank stocks rise and fall with the business cycle, making bank equity financing cheaper in the boom and …

This paper argues that a special bank bankruptcy regime is desirable for the efficient restructuring and/or liquidation … to better mitigate disruptions in the financial system and minimize the social costs of bank distress. We compare the U ….S., UK, and German bank bankruptcy frameworks and describe the EU framework for cross-border bank bankruptcy. We support our …

This paper argues that a special bank bankruptcy regime is desirable for the efficient restructuring and/or liquidation … to better mitigate disruptions in the financial system and minimize the social costs of bank distress. We compare the U ….S., UK, and German bank bankruptcy frameworks and describe the EU framework for cross-border bank bankruptcy. We support our …