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FIRREA and deposit insurance reform
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FIRREA and the future of thrifts
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The new thrift act: mending the safety net
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Supervisory enforcement actions since FIRREA and FDICIA
In response to banking crises in the 1980s, Congress passed two laws that expanded enforcement powers of financial institution supervisors, including the Federal Reserve. At the time, some observers warned that these new powers would be misused. A careful analysis of enforcement actions taken over the past 15 years indicates that these concerns were unwarranted.
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Full-blown crisis, half-measure cure
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Are bank holding companies a source of strength to their banking subsidiaries?
I present evidence that the cross-guarantee authority granted to the FDIC by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 has unexpectedly strengthened the Federal Reserve's source-of-strength doctrine. In particular, I find that a bank affiliated with a multi-bank holding company is significantly safer than either a stand-alone bank or a bank affiliated with a one-bank holding company. Not only does affiliation reduce the probability of future financial distress, but distressed affiliated banks are more likely to receive capital injections and recover more quickly ...