Using an options-based approach, we compute the value of the state guaranteefor the liability side of CS and UBS. The insurance premiums forthese two system-relevant banks are calculated in a dynamic setup from2004 until 2009 in quarterly steps for time horizons of one and five years.The model...

We investigate whether bank performance during the credit crisis of 2008 is related to CEOincentives and share ownership before the crisis and whether CEOs reduced their equity stakes intheir banks in anticipation of the crisis. There is no evidence that banks with CEOs whoseincentives were...

This appendix extends the empirical results in Chesney, Crameri, and Mancini (2011). Informedtrading activities on put and call options are analyzed for 19 companies in the bankingand insurance sectors from January 1996 to September 2009. Our empirical findings suggestthat certain events such as...

We investigate whether a bank’s performance during the 1998 crisis, which was viewed at the timeas the most dramatic crisis since the Great Depression, predicts its performance during the recentfinancial crisis. One hypothesis is that a bank that has an especially poor experience in a...

This papers studies the CDS-bond basis, i.e. a measure of price discrepanciesbetween CDS and bonds spreads, for a sample of investment-graded US rms. Resultsshow that during the 2007/09 nancial crisis the basis was time varying and negativelycorrelated to: the \Libor-OIS" spread, a proxy for the...

This article examines the recent regulatory developments with regard to shortselling. Short selling regulation is an important factor in firm governancebecause it affects the way in which firms are subject to market discipline. Asthe financial crisis has attracted regulators’ notice to short...

The persistence of financial instability calls into question the adequacy of the current regulatory regime. Acritical review of the three pillars at the core of current financial regulation exposes some structural flaws.[...]

The recent real estate bubble was fuelled by non-risk adjusted lending policies, low interest rates and complex finance vehicles. Mortgage-backed securities (MBS) played a crucial role in the crisis. These vehicles were praised as liquid capital market instruments that allowed mortgage lenders...

We construct and estimate a unified model combining three of the main sources of cross-country income disparities:[...]

We analyze the implications of entrepreneurial spawning for a variety of firm characteristicssuch as size, focus, profitability, and innovativeness. We examine the dynamics of spawning overtime. Our model accounts for much of the empirical evidence relating to the relation betweenspawning and...