YEH-NING CHENHasan, IftekharIftekharHasan2019-07-242019-07-242011-09-0100222879https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/414934This paper demonstrates that subordinated debt (subdebt thereafter) regulation can be an effective mechanism for disciplining banks. By reducing the chance that managers of distressed banks can take value-destroying actions to benefit themselves, subdebt regulation may encourage banks to lower asset risk. Moreover, subdebt regulation and bank capital requirements can be complements for alleviating the banks' moral hazard problems. To make subdebt regulation effective, regulators may need impose ceilings on the interest rates of subdebt, prohibit collusion between banks and subdebt investors, and require subdebt to convert into the issuing bank's equity when the government provides assistance to the bank. © 2011 The Ohio State University.Bank capital regulation | Contingent capital certificate | G21 | G28 | Market discipline | Moral hazard | Subordinated debt regulationjournal articlehttps://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/8005176800810.1111/j.1538-4616.2011.00417.x2-s2.0-80051768008WOS:000293981600001https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/80051768008