Did Capital Infusions Enhance Bank Recovery from the Great Recession?

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Wendy (Wei) Liu

Texas A&M University

James W. Kolari

Texas A&M University - Department of Finance

T. Kyle Tippens

Abilene Christian University - College of Business Administration

Donald R. Fraser

Texas A&M University - Department of Finance

Date Written: September 23, 2013

Abstract

This paper investigates the long-run recovery experience of U.S. banks that received capital infusions under the Capital Purchase Program (CPP), a part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Based on a dynamic recovery model, our results show that recovering CPP banks tended to be in better financial condition than other CPP banks. Long-run event study analyses of common stock prices reveal that, in the quarter after repayment of TARP funds, CPP banks experienced economically large and significant buy-and-hold wealth gains of 14 percent, equivalent to approximately $329 billion. We conclude that TARP was successful in fostering bank financial and stock price recovery.

Keywords: Bank capital, banking crisis, financial condition, long-run event study, TARP

JEL Classification: G01, G12, G22, G28, E65

Suggested Citation

Liu, Wendy (Wei) and Kolari, James W. and Tippens, T. Kyle and Fraser, Donald R., Did Capital Infusions Enhance Bank Recovery from the Great Recession? (September 23, 2013). Journal of Banking and Finance, Volume 37, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 5048–5061, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1962795 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1962795

Wendy (Wei) Liu

Texas A&M University

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James W. Kolari (Contact Author)

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T. Kyle Tippens

Abilene Christian University - College of Business Administration ( email )

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Donald R. Fraser

Texas A&M University - Department of Finance ( email )

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