Financial Sector Reform after the Crisis: Has Anything Happened?

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Alexander Schäfer

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Faculty of Law and Economics

Isabel Schnabel

University of Bonn - Institute for Financial Economics and Statistics; Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods

Beatrice Weder di Mauro

Graduate Institute Geneva, IHEID; Graduate Institute Geneva, IHEID

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Date Written: May 24, 2013

Abstract

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 small.

Keywords: financial sector reform, financial stability, Dodd-Frank Act, Volcker rule, Vickers reform, German restructuring law, Swiss too-big-to-fail regulation, event study

JEL Classification: G21, G28

Suggested Citation

Schäfer, Alexander and Schnabel, Isabel and Weder di Mauro, Beatrice and Weder di Mauro, Beatrice, Financial Sector Reform after the Crisis: Has Anything Happened? (May 24, 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2274044 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2274044

Alexander Schäfer

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - Faculty of Law and Economics ( email )

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Germany

Isabel Schnabel (Contact Author)

University of Bonn - Institute for Financial Economics and Statistics ( email )

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Beatrice Weder di Mauro

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