Séminaire

Financial Restructuring and Resolution of Banks

Jean Edouard Colliard (HEC - Paris)

10 mai 2021, 12h30–13h30

Toulouse

Salle Zoom

Finance Seminar

Résumé

How do resolution frameworks affect the private restructuring of distressed banks? We model a distressed bank’s shareholders and creditors negotiating a restructuring given asymmetric information about asset quality and externalities onto the government. This yields negotiation delays used to signal asset quality. we find that strict bail-in rules increase delays by worsening informational frictions and reducing bargaining surplus. We characterize optimal bail-in rules for the government. We then consider the government’s possible involvement in negotiations. We find this can lead to shorter or longer delays. Notably, the government may gin from committing not to partake in negotiations.

Mots-clés

Bank resolution; bail-out; bail-in; debt restructuring.;

Codes JEL

  • G21: Banks • Depository Institutions • Micro Finance Institutions • Mortgages
  • G28: Government Policy and Regulation