The impact of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 Repo ‘Safe harbor’ provisions on investors

Chircop, Justin and Fabrizi, Michele and Parbonetti, Antonio (2018) The impact of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 Repo ‘Safe harbor’ provisions on investors. European Journal of Finance, 24 (18). pp. 1772-1798. ISSN 1351-847X

[thumbnail of Revised__MS_R2_final]
Preview
PDF (Revised__MS_R2_final)
Revised_MS_R2_final.pdf - Accepted Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial.

Download (887kB)

Abstract

The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA) of 2005 significantly expanded the exemptions from the normal workings of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Using a large sample of U.S. banks, we study investors’ reaction to news about the promulgation of the BAPCPA repo ‘safe harbor’ provisions and the influence extending such exemptions to repos collateralized by riskier collateral had on equity market information asymmetry. We find a negative market reaction to news events about the promulgation of BAPCPA, which subsequent cross-sectional analysis suggests is at least partly driven by repo exposure. This finding suggests that investors perceived the increase in finance risk from the extension of the ‘safe harbor’ provisions as dominating the perceived gain from accessing cheaper finance. Further, we find that the promulgation of BAPCPA gave rise to increased information asymmetry for banks with repo exposure.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
European Journal of Finance
Additional Information:
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The European Journal of Finance on 02/02/2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/1351847X.2018.1427608
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2000/2001
Subjects:
?? repurchase agreementsbankruptcy codesafe harboreconomics, econometrics and finance (miscellaneous) ??
ID Code:
89579
Deposited By:
Deposited On:
09 Jan 2018 14:56
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
Last Modified:
16 Dec 2023 01:24