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Research paper thumbnail of The application of the German model of company law to the banking sector: A private law measure to avert systemic risk

Corporate Law and Governance Review

Since bank failures and its systemic and contagion effects have become an issue, various ex-ante ... more Since bank failures and its systemic and contagion effects have become an issue, various ex-ante and ex-post solutions have been contemplated and put forward to tackle the bank failure or and to manage its consequences. Among the ex-ante measures to tackle and avert the excessive risk-taking by banks, regulatory intervention through mandatory capital adequacy as exemplified in the Basel Accords, has been popular. However, even the most recent arrangements for implementing the capital adequacy standards have not been very successful leading to regulatory failures. Bank failures not only inflict costs and losses to the shareholders and depositors of the bank, the managers of which take excessive risk, but also the contagion effects mean the losses are extended to the banking system and the society at large. In this paper, we are proposing an ex-ante private law mechanism through the reform of company law rules to stop excessive risk-taking by the bank managers, and therefore avoiding ...

Research paper thumbnail of The application of the German model of company law to the banking sector: A private law measure to avert systemic risk

Corporate Law and Governance Review

Since bank failures and its systemic and contagion effects have become an issue, various ex-ante ... more Since bank failures and its systemic and contagion effects have become an issue, various ex-ante and ex-post solutions have been contemplated and put forward to tackle the bank failure or and to manage its consequences. Among the ex-ante measures to tackle and avert the excessive risk-taking by banks, regulatory intervention through mandatory capital adequacy as exemplified in the Basel Accords, has been popular. However, even the most recent arrangements for implementing the capital adequacy standards have not been very successful leading to regulatory failures. Bank failures not only inflict costs and losses to the shareholders and depositors of the bank, the managers of which take excessive risk, but also the contagion effects mean the losses are extended to the banking system and the society at large. In this paper, we are proposing an ex-ante private law mechanism through the reform of company law rules to stop excessive risk-taking by the bank managers, and therefore avoiding ...

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