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Authors: | Pietro Veronesi Luigi Zingales |
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Institution: | 1. University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Chicago, IL 60637, USA;2. National Bureau of Economic Research, USA;3. Center for Economic Policy Research, USA |
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Abstract: | We calculate the costs and benefits of the largest ever US government intervention in the financial sector announced during the 2008 Columbus-day weekend. We estimate that this intervention increased the value of banks’ financial claims by $130 billion (bn) at a taxpayers’ cost of $21–$44 billion with a net benefit between $86 and $109 bn. By looking at the limited cross section, we infer that this net benefit arises from a reduction in the probability of bankruptcy, which we estimate would destroy 22% of the enterprise value. The big winners of the plan were the bondholders of the three former investment banks and Citigroup, while the losers were JP Morgan shareholders and the US taxpayers. |
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Keywords: | G01 G21 G28 |
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