The Impact of Policy Interventions on Systemic Risk across Banks

ABSTRACT: What is the impact of policy interventions on the systemic risk of banks? To answer this question, we analyze a comprehensive sample that combines an original set of bank-specific bailout events with the balance sheets of key affected and nonaffected European banks between 2005 and 2014. We find a positive and significant association of guarantees with systemic risk that is somewhat weaker in the long run when the regulator appoints members to the supervisory board. The short run association between recapitalizations and systemic risk is also positive for large and less capitalized banks, while in the long run, recapitalizations are linked with reduced systemic importance, especially for less profitable banks and in cases when the regulator limits management pay. Liquidity injections are p

SUBMITTER: Nistor S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9944428 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature