An Experimental Analysis of Contingent Capital with Market‐Price Triggers

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking
Year: 2014
Volume: 46
Issue: 5
Pages: 999-1033

Score contribution per author:

0.670 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We report an experiment that evaluates three market‐based regimes for triggering the conversion of contingent capital bonds into equity: a “fixed‐trigger” regime, where a price threshold triggers mandatory conversion; a “regulator” regime, where regulators make conversion decisions based on prices; and a “prediction market” regime, where regulators also observe a market that predicts conversion. Consistent with theory, we observe inefficiencies and conversion errors in the fixed‐trigger and regulator regimes. The prediction market somewhat improves the regulator's performance, but inefficiencies and conversion errors persist. The regulator regime has conversion errors over the widest range of shocks.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:wly:jmoncb:v:46:y:2014:i:5:p:999-1033
Journal Field
Macro
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25