We test whether measures of potential influence on regulators affect stress test outcomes. The large trading banks – those most plausibly ‘Too big to Fail' – face the toughest tests. In contrast, we find no evidence that either political or regulatory connections affect the tests. Stress...

We test whether measures of potential influence on regulators affect stress test outcomes. The large trading banks - those most plausibly 'Too big to Fail' - face the toughest tests. In contrast, we find no evidence that either political or regulatory connections affect the tests. Stress tests...

We test whether measures of potential influence on regulators affect stress test outcomes. The large trading banks – those most plausibly ‘Too big to Fail’ – face the toughest tests. In contrast, we find no evidence that either political or regulatory connections affect the tests. Stress...