In this paper, we investigate the extent in which creditor rights protection in bankruptcy induces banks to take more risk, leading to a higher level of systemic risk in the financial system. We apply ∆CoVaR, introduced by Adrian and Brunnermeier (2011), as the measure of systemic risk. Our...

The Capital Purchase Plan (CPP) is one of the main ingredients of the Paulson Plan. In accordance with CPP, U.S. federal agencies invested more than $200 billion in approximately 700 financial institutions between 2008 and 2009. This article examines whether this major public intervention helped...