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Alexander Schäfer

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Financial Sector Reform After the Subprime Crisis: Has Anything Happened?

2015

We analyze the reactions of stock returns and the spreads of credit default swaps (CDS) of banks from Europe and the USA to four major regulatory reforms in the aftermath of the subprime crisis, employing an event study analysis. Contrary to public perception, we find that financial markets indeed reacted to the structural reforms enacted at the national level. The reforms succeeded in reducing bail-out expectations relative to the post-bail-out period, especially for systemic banks. The strongest effects were found for the Dodd–Frank Act and in particular for the Volcker rule. Bank profitability was affected in all countries, showing up in lower equity returns.

Economics and Econometrics050208 financeCredit default swap05 social sciencesFinancial marketEvent studyEquity (finance)Financial systemSubprime crisisVolcker RuleAccounting0502 economics and businessEconomicsProfitability index050207 economicsFinanceStock (geology)
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Financial Sector Reform after the Crisis: Has Anything Happened?

2013

We analyze the reaction of stock returns and CDS spreads of banks from Europe and the United States to four major regulatory reforms in the aftermath of the subprime crisis, employing an event study analysis. In contrast to the public perception that nothing has happened, we find that financial markets indeed reacted to the structural reforms enacted at the national level. All reforms succeeded in reducing bail-out expectations, especially for systemic banks. However, banks’ profitability was also affected, showing up in lower equity returns. The strongest effects were found for the Dodd-Frank Act (especially the Volcker rule), whereas market reactions to the German restructuring law were s…

GermanVolcker RuleEconomic policyRestructuringFinancial marketlanguageEvent studyEconomicsEquity (finance)Profitability indexFinancial systemlanguage.human_languageStock (geology)SSRN Electronic Journal
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Financial Sector Reform After the Crisis: Has Anything Happened?

2013

We analyze the reactions of stock returns and CDS spreads of banks from Europe and the United States to four major regulatory reforms in the aftermath of the subprime crisis, employing an event study analysis. In contrast to the public perception that nothing has happened, we find that financial markets indeed reacted to the structural reforms enacted at the national level. All reforms succeeded in reducing bail-out expectations, especially for systemic banks. However, banks' profitability was also affected, showing up in lower equity returns. The strongest effects were found for the Dodd-Frank Act (especially the Volcker rule), whereas market reactions to the German restructuring law were …

Financial sector reform financial stability Dodd-Frank Act Volcker rule Vickers reform German restructuring law Swiss too-big-to-fail regulation event studyjel:G28Dodd-Frank Act; event study; Financial sector reform; financial stability; German restructuring law; Swiss too-big-to-fail regulation; Vickers reform; Volcker rulejel:G21
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