Hinter der Finanzindustrie liegen turbulente, aufreibende Jahre. Der dramatische Vertrauensverlust in Banken, die juristische Aufarbeitung von Skandalen und die damit zusammenhängenden Strafzahlungen in Milliardenhöhe, die Flut an neuen Regulierungsvorschriften, das grundsätzliche...

The paper explores incentives created by the German Bank Restructuring Act for investors holding assets in systemically important banks (SIBs). Its purpose is to examine consequences that follow for risk choices of SIBs, as well as for Germany's financial system. Applying the analytical model of...

Governments frequently assist troubled banks. This paper examines the fiscal aspects of such assistance: rationale, design criteria, methods, and macroeconomic implications. It concludes that (1) banks should be assisted only when there is a clear systemic risk; (2) assistance should be tied to...