In October 2006, Dominion Bond Rating Service (DBRS) introduced new ratings for banks that account for the potential of … government support. The rating changes are not a reflection of any changes in the respective banks' credit fundamentals. We use … banks with higher bail out probabilities tend to increase their risk taking less compared to banks that were ex ante …

In an investigation of banks' loan pricing policies in the United States over the past two decades, this study finds … supporting evidence for the bank risk-taking channel of monetary policy. We show that banks charge lower spreads when they lend … compared to periods of high short-term rates. The interest discount that banks offer riskier borrowers when short-term rates …