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Private Equity and Financial Stability: Evidence from Failed‐Bank Resolution in the Crisis

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  • EMILY JOHNSTON‐ROSS
  • SONG MA
  • MANJU PURI

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This paper investigates the role of private equity (PE) in failed‐bank resolutions after the 2008 financial crisis, using proprietary Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation failed‐bank acquisition data. PE investors made substantial investments in underperforming and riskier failed banks, particularly in geographies where local banks were also distressed, filling the gap created by a weak, undercapitalized banking sector. Using a quasi‐random empirical design based on detailed bidding information, we show that PE‐acquired banks performed better ex post, with positive real effects for the local economy. Overall, PE investors played a positive role in stabilizing the financial system through their involvement in failed‐bank resolution.

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  • Emily Johnston‐Ross & Song Ma & Manju Puri, 2025. "Private Equity and Financial Stability: Evidence from Failed‐Bank Resolution in the Crisis," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 80(1), pages 163-210, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jfinan:v:80:y:2025:i:1:p:163-210
    DOI: 10.1111/jofi.13399
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    1. Pejman Abedifar & Amine Tarazi & Lawrence J White, 2020. "The Sale of Failed Banks: The Characteristics of Acquirers -as Well as of the Acquired -Matter," Working Papers hal-02964631, HAL.
    2. Paul Lavery & Marina Spaliara & Holger Görg, 2024. "Private equity buyouts & firm exporting in crisis periods: Exploring a new channel," Working Papers 2024_09, Business School - Economics, University of Glasgow.
    3. Ewens, Michael & Gupta, Arpit & Howell, Sabrina, 2021. "Local Journalism under Private Equity Ownership," SocArXiv 6ynf4_v1, Center for Open Science.
    4. Paul Lavery & Marian-Eliza Spaliara, 2022. "Private equity buyouts & firm exporting during the global financial crisis," Working Papers 2022_09, Business School - Economics, University of Glasgow.
    5. Lavery, Paul & Spaliara, Marina-Eliza & Görg, Holger, 2024. "Private equity buyouts & firm exporting in crisis periods: Exploring a new channel," Open Access Publications from Kiel Institute for the World Economy 306864, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    6. Kurtović, Hrvoje & Markarian, Garen, 2024. "Tail risks and private equity performance," Journal of Empirical Finance, Elsevier, vol. 75(C).

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    • E65 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Studies of Particular Policy Episodes
    • G18 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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