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Using a sample of European banks and a series of events affecting governments' finances, we conduct an event study to examine whether there is a relationship between governments' fiscal difficulties and banks' stock returns. We find a significant reaction of banks' stocks to news concerning...
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In the aftermath of the financial crisis, governments are rightly reducing their exposure to the banking system. Bail-in arrangements should ensure that shareholders and creditors take the first losses. The next line of defence is a resolution fund, which is filled via levies on banks....
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likelihood of a bank bailout or failure during the late 2000s financial crisis. The empirical results indicate that established … received bailout funds are similar except that holding a large proportion of nonperforming loans reduced the likelihood that a … bank received bailout funds. Overall, these results are consistent with regulators providing bailout funds to banks that …
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spreads, and equity returns. We use our method to analyze the evolution of bailout expectations during the recent financial … crisis. We find that bailout expectations peaked in reaction to government interventions following the failure of Lehman …
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default { bailout, where government provides capital; bail-in, using private-sector funds; and no regulatory intervention … distress with sufficient capital remaining. Empirical tests of changes in capital behavior from the pre-crisis bailout period …
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The recent crisis has shown that systemically relevant banks in distress are likely to benefit from governmental support. This reduces their downside risk and leads to moral hazard, i.e. to incentives for these banks to assume excessive risks. In this paper we show empirically that implicit...
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The financial crisis renewed the debate on the bailout of financial institutions, questioning the effectiveness of such …
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equity ratio, loan quality and bank size are the main determinants of bank bailout involvement. However, the aided banks …
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We empirically evaluate the impact of the new resolution policy, the so-called Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) enacted in 2016, on the cost of funding for EU banks. We first measure the change in the spreads of credit default swaps on subordinated and senior bonds issued by EU...
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