We assess the bond market response to the Bear Stearns rescue in March 2008 and the Lehman Brothers failure (combined with news about the acquisition of Merrill Lynch and AIG's investment banking problems and subsequent rescue) in September 2008. The Bear Stearns rescue elicited a moderately...

The paper investigates market reaction to negative reports published by analysts and auditors for a sample of investment, commercial, and savings banks during the 2008 financial crisis and compares the results to non-crisis periods. The results show that during 2008, analysts' downgrades and...

The 2010-2012 Greek crisis that spread to Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Ireland led to a significant risk increase both in terms of systematic and total risk for the firms operating in the five weakest economies of the European Union. A comparison of the risk profile change in the strictly EU...

We find that banks with more capital experienced more severe stock price declines during the recent financial crisis. We also find that banks with more capital experienced higher betas and stock volatility levels during the financial crisis. These results support the capital signaling...