This study develops a multi-period structural model to value bank subordinated debt (subdebt) under different … risks, bank characteristics and regulatory policies affect subdebt prices and yield spreads. It finds that the … have the opposite effects. Also, subdebt spreads are less sensitive to bank risk when PCA is imposed than when capital …

We study how optimal bank capital and bond risk are influenced by deposit insurance, implicit guarantees, depositor … preference, asset encumbrance, and bail-in resolution frameworks. We find that these features of bank financing change the … optimal amount of bank capital. The net effect on bond debt risk and valuation is small, while the effects on shareholder …

individual bank level. We find that the choice of the term structure and the pass-through model is of limited importance for the …

This paper examines bank risk and its main determinants when gauged at various bank threshold variables. We apply the … threshold effects in the relationship between bank risk and bank characteristics. Specifically, the positive impact of equity on … bank stability is more prominent for banks below the thresholds of equity, liquidity, or profitability. Banks’ government …

This paper investigates how deposit insurance and capital adequacy affect bank risk for five developed and nine …

convey to bank shareholders when market and credit risk regulatory capital requirements are set using bank internal model … requirements will cause distortions in bank lending behavior …

This paper reviews the cost-benefit analysis, or “regulatory impact analysis” (RIA), in US bank regulators’ risk …-based capital (RBC) rule proposals. We review the principles of cost-benefit analysis and its application by US bank regulators. We … RBC rules and related rules on bank liquidity. We find that nine of the 27 rules include RIAs. Five of the RIAs claim the …

In this study, we test the predictive power of several alternative measures of bank capital adequacy in identifying U ….S. bank failures during the recent crisis period. We find that an unconventional ratio — the non-performing asset coverage … ratios in at least five aspects: (i) it aligns capital and credit risks — the two primary risks of bank failures — in one …

regulatory requirements. Our analytic characterization of the bank policy choices shows that imposing solely liquidity … requirements leads to lower bank losses in default at the cost of an increased likelihood of default. Combining liquidity … requirements with leverage requirements reduces drastically both the likelihood of default and the magnitude of bank losses in …

that arises in case of resolution or bankruptcy. This net benefit, which may be capitalized into the value of the bank … distress despite increasing encumbrance of the bank's balance sheet. The benefit is maximized when resolution is initiated …