“The government bailout made banks appear safer but actually caused them to take on more credit risk, according to a University of Michigan study released Wednesday. According to a working paper by finance professors Ran Duchin and Denis Sosyura of the university of Michigan’s Ross School of Business entitled Safer Ratios, Riskier Portfolios: Banks’ Response to Government Aid, banks participating in the government’s Capital Purchase Program as part of the Troubled Assets Relief Program, or TARP, ‘significantly increased their investments in risky securities,’ by 10%, ‘displacing safer assets, such as Treasury bonds, short-term paper, and cash equivalents.'”
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Bailout-Banks-Made-Riskier-tsmf-3581730230.html
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