Wealth effects of banks’ rights to market and originate annuities

Autor: Jann C. Howell, Mark L. Power, Arnold R. Cowan
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. 42:487-503
ISSN: 1062-9769
Popis: We examine wealth effects, for banks and insurers, of bank rights to sell and underwrite annuities. The stock-price reactions to four court and regulatory decisions are consistent with expectations of bank gains at insurers’ expense. Cross-sectionally, smaller, riskier insurers with higher distribution costs and substantial annuity business sustain larger wealth losses. Larger, riskier bank-holding companies with fee-based and consumer business gain most, consistent with the extension of federal safety-net guarantees as a source of gains. Banking stock-price reactions to the Supreme Court’s decision are opposite other findings, possibly reflecting unfulfilled expectations of a broader mandate for expanded bank rights.
Databáze: OpenAIRE