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AIG's announcements, Fed's innovation, contagion and systemic risk in the financial industries

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  • M. Faisal Safa
  • M. Kabir Hassan
  • Neal C. Maroney

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We examine the effects of the American International Group, Inc.'s (AIG's) loss announcements and the Federal Reserve's subsequent innovation in the financial sector. Analysis of seemingly unrelated regression on the returns of four financial industries -- banking, insurance, brokerage firms and savings and loan institutions (S&Ls) for the period 5 September 2007 to 31 December 2008 reveals that, the Federal Reserve's announcements on 16 September 2008 and on 8 October 2008 to pledge $85 billion and $37.8 billion, respectively, to save the AIG, have the most impact on the financial industries. All four industries are sensitive towards shocks in short- and long-run interest rate returns and market returns. We find evidence of significant contagion effect between insurance and banking industries and incremental systemic risk in all financial industries after the bailout by the Federal Reserve. We do not find any significant evidence supporting the Federal Reserve's perception of AIG to be too-big-to-fail.

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  • M. Faisal Safa & M. Kabir Hassan & Neal C. Maroney, 2013. "AIG's announcements, Fed's innovation, contagion and systemic risk in the financial industries," Applied Financial Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(16), pages 1337-1348, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apfiec:v:23:y:2013:i:16:p:1337-1348
    DOI: 10.1080/09603107.2013.815309
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    1. Yousaf, Imran & Riaz, Yasir & Goodell, John W., 2023. "The impact of the SVB collapse on global financial markets: Substantial but narrow," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 55(PB).
    2. Dewenter, Kathryn L. & Riddick, Leigh A., 2018. "What's the value of a TBTF guaranty? Evidence from the G-SII designation for insurance companiesāœ°," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 91(C), pages 70-85.

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