We report results from an experiment that evaluates the consequences of having a socially motivated monitor use the market price of a bank’s traded assets to decide whether or not to intervene in the bank’s operations. Consistent with predictions of a recent theoretical paper by Bond,...

An unresolved issue regarding the implementation of 'contingent capital' bonds regards identifying the best mechanism for triggering the conversion of debt into equity. This paper reports a laboratory experiment that builds on previous work to evaluate the relative desirability of two leading...