The Design of Government Guarantees for Bank Bonds: Lessons from the Recent Financial Crisis

In 2010 authorities have taken the first steps to end some of the public support measures put in place in response to the financial crisis, starting with government guarantees for bond issues. Financial institutions have made extensive use of this tool, which has been effective in avoiding a further...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Levy, Aviram (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Schich, Sebastian (MitwirkendeR)
Format: Elektronisch Buchkapitel
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Paris OECD Publishing 2010
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:DE-384
DE-473
DE-824
DE-29
DE-739
DE-355
DE-20
DE-1028
DE-1049
DE-521
DE-861
DE-898
DE-92
DE-91
DE-573
DE-19
Volltext
Zusammenfassung:In 2010 authorities have taken the first steps to end some of the public support measures put in place in response to the financial crisis, starting with government guarantees for bond issues. Financial institutions have made extensive use of this tool, which has been effective in avoiding a further tightening of funding conditions, but this type of public support has, nonetheless, raised some concerns. First, the cost of issuing guaranteed bonds has mainly reflected the characteristics of the sovereign guarantor rather than those of the issuer, thus favouring "weak" borrowers with a "strong" sovereign backing. This situation has the potential to distort competition and create incentives for excessive risk taking. Such effects could have been reduced by the choice of a different fee determination mechanism. Second, the continued availability in 2010 of guarantee schemes, despite a declining overall usage, may be alleviating the pressure on some weak financial institutions to address their weaknesses: the average creditworthiness of banks issuing after mid-2009, when market conditions became more favourable, has sharply declined. JEL Classification: G01, G12, G21, G28. Keywords: financial crisis, policy response to the crisis, government guaranteed bonds, competitive distortions
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (32 Seiten) 19 x 27cm
DOI:10.1787/fmt-2010-5km7k9tp8t40

Es ist kein Print-Exemplar vorhanden.

Fernleihe Bestellen Achtung: Nicht im THWS-Bestand! Volltext öffnen