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Scholars using each of these methodologies have generally shown<br />

that the TBTF premium was positive but low in the 20 years before the<br />

crisis, illustrated by Figure 6-x (Acharya, Anginer, and Warburton 2016).<br />

During the financial crisis the TBTF subsidy spiked to approximately<br />

100 basis points (bps). By 2012, the estimated subsidy had declined to<br />

roughly 25 bps. This illustrates an important point: the TBTF premium<br />

varies with time as market expectations change, especially regarding<br />

the likelihood of a government bailout. During a financial crisis, the<br />

probability of a financial firm’s failure increases as does the probability<br />

that the government will rescue a TBTF firm, increasing the difference<br />

between the borrowing costs of a TBTF and a comparable non-TBTF<br />

financial firm.<br />

While Acharya, Anginer, and Warburton (2016) are skeptical<br />

about the effects of post-crisis regulation on TBTF, several studies<br />

find that since the crisis, the TBTF premium either has effectively<br />

disappeared or has decreased to levels comparable with those pre-crisis.<br />

Balasubramnian and Cyree (2014) found the funding cost advantage of<br />

banks subject to the Federal Reserve’s Comprehensive Capital Analysis<br />

and Review declined from 244 bps in the six-month period preceding<br />

passage of the Dodd-Frank Act to a statistically insignificant 6 bps in the<br />

six-month period following the law’s passage. GAO (2014) uses 42 different<br />

econometric models to estimate the TBTF premium each year from<br />

2006 to 2013. They find that while systemically important banks enjoyed<br />

Figure 6-x<br />

TBTF Premium, United States, 1990–2012<br />

Basis Points (bps)<br />

Millions of U.S. Dollars<br />

120<br />

185,330<br />

110<br />

100<br />

90<br />

80<br />

70<br />

60<br />

50<br />

40<br />

30<br />

20<br />

10<br />

0<br />

Average Annual Funding<br />

Advantage (Millions of<br />

2010 U.S. Dollars), right<br />

axis<br />

Funding Advantage<br />

(bps), left axis<br />

-10<br />

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010<br />

Source: Acharya, Anginer, and Warburton (2016).<br />

165,330<br />

145,330<br />

125,330<br />

105,330<br />

85,330<br />

65,330<br />

45,330<br />

25,330<br />

5,330<br />

(14,670)<br />

396 | Chapter 6

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