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Journal of Banking & Finance Vol. 37 No. 12 2013

Did capital infusions enhance bank recovery from the great recession?

Wei Liu1; James W. Kolari1; T. Kyle Tippens; Donald R. Fraser1

1 Texas A&M University

Abstract

This paper investigates the long-run recovery experience of US banks that received capital infusions under the Capital Purchase Program (CPP), a part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Based on a dynamic recovery model, our results show that recovering CPP banks tended to be in better financial condition than other CPP banks. Long-run event study analyses of common stock prices reveal that, in the quarter after repayment of TARP funds, CPP banks experienced economically large and significant buy-and-hold wealth gains of 14%, equivalent to approximately $329billion. We conclude that TARP was successful in fostering bank financial and stock price recovery.

DOI
10.1016/j.jbankfin.2013.09.008
Volume
37
Issue
12
Pages
5048-5061
Language
en
Sources
crossref openalex bibtex:phds-export.bib

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