TARP's Dividend Skippers

30 Pages Posted: 9 Aug 2010 Last revised: 28 Nov 2010

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Dobrina Georgieva Jandik

University of Arkansas

Linus Wilson

University of Louisiana at Lafayette - College of Business Administration

Date Written: November 24, 2010

Abstract

Most of the banks receiving capital injections from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) issued preferred stock to taxpayers. This paper looks at the factors that affect publicly traded banks’ ability to pay the scheduled TARP preferred stock dividends. Smaller banks with weaker capital ratios and more problem loans are significantly more likely to suspend payments of their bailout dividends.

Keywords: bailout, banking, Capital Purchase Program, dividends, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, hybrid securities, preferred stock, Small Business Lending Fund, trust preferred, TRUPS, TARP

JEL Classification: G21, G28, G38

Suggested Citation

Jandik, Dobrina Georgieva and Wilson, Linus, TARP's Dividend Skippers (November 24, 2010). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1654677 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1654677

Dobrina Georgieva Jandik

University of Arkansas ( email )

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Linus Wilson (Contact Author)

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