Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/154092 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 1659
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
We propose a framework for testing the effects of changes in bank resolution regimes on bank behaviour. By exploiting the differential relevance of recent changes in U.S. bank resolution (i.e., the introduction of the Orderly Liquidation Authority, OLA) for different types of banks, we are able to simulate a quasi-natural experiment using a difference-in-difference framework. We find that banks that are more affected by the introduction of the OLA (1) significantly decrease their overall risk-taking and (2) shift their business model and loan origination towards lower risk, indicating the general effectiveness of the regime change. This effect, however, does (3) not hold for the largest and most systemically important banks. Hence, the introduction of the OLA in the U.S. alone does not appear to have solved the too-big-to-fail problem and might need to be complemented with other measures to limit financial institutions' risk-taking.
Subjects: 
bank behavior
bank insolvency
bank resolution
FDIC
Orderly Liquidation Authority
risk-taking
JEL: 
G21
G28
G33
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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