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Journal of Banking & Finance Vol. 37 No. 7 2013

The light and dark side of TARP

Christian Farruggio1; Tobias C. Michalak1; André Uhde2

1 Ruhr University Bochum · 2 Paderborn University

Abstract

This paper empirically investigates the impact of the first announcement of TARP, the announcement of revised TARP, respective capital infusions under TARP–CPP and capital repayments on changes in shareholder value and the risk exposure of supported US banks. Our analysis reveals a light and a dark side of TARP. While announcements as well as capital repayments may provoke positive wealth effects and a decrease in bank risk, equity capital injections to banks are observed to be a severe impediment to restore market confidence and financial stability. Furthermore, while TARP announcements and capital injections may increase systemic risk, no significant effect on systemic risk is found for capital repayments.

DOI
10.1016/j.jbankfin.2013.02.020
Volume
37
Issue
7
Pages
2586-2604
Language
en
Sources
openalex crossref bibtex:phds-export.bib

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