by the following types of bank financial distress: 1) low equity ratio; 2) low Tier 1 capital ratio; and 3) losses on …

estimated New Keynesian model with a bank. A key dimension of policy in the crisis was massive government support for banks … bank asset losses, of government support for banks, and other fiscal stimulus measures, in the EA. Our results suggest that …

the financial crisis 2008-09 was significantly higher for firms with a weak bank than for comparable firms with a sound … bank. Second, non-defaulting firms with a weak bank did not have a lower return on assets during the financial crisis 2008 …-09 than comparable firms with a sound bank. Taken together, these results may indicate the presence of heterogeneous effects …