Bank Runs and Moral Hazard : A Review of Deposit Insurance

Deposit insurance is a widely adopted policy to promote financial stability in the banking sector. Deposit insurance helps ensure depositors' confidence in the financial system and prevents contagious bank runs, but it also comes with an unint...

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Main Authors: Anginer, Deniz, Demirguc-Kunt, Asli
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/548031537377082747/Bank-Runs-and-Moral-Hazard-A-Review-of-Deposit-Insurance
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spelling okr-10986-304442022-09-18T12:15:42Z Bank Runs and Moral Hazard : A Review of Deposit Insurance Anginer, Deniz Demirguc-Kunt, Asli DEPOSIT INSURANCE BANKING RISK BANKING SYSTEM BANKING CRISIS MORAL HAZARD CONTAGION FINANCIAL CRISIS Deposit insurance is a widely adopted policy to promote financial stability in the banking sector. Deposit insurance helps ensure depositors' confidence in the financial system and prevents contagious bank runs, but it also comes with an unintended consequence of encouraging banks to take on excessive risk. This paper reviews the economic costs and benefits of deposit insurance and highlights the importance of institutions and specific design features for how well deposit insurance schemes work in practice. 2018-09-25T20:22:38Z 2018-09-25T20:22:38Z 2018-09 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/548031537377082747/Bank-Runs-and-Moral-Hazard-A-Review-of-Deposit-Insurance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30444 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8589 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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topic DEPOSIT INSURANCE
BANKING RISK
BANKING SYSTEM
BANKING CRISIS
MORAL HAZARD
CONTAGION
FINANCIAL CRISIS
spellingShingle DEPOSIT INSURANCE
BANKING RISK
BANKING SYSTEM
BANKING CRISIS
MORAL HAZARD
CONTAGION
FINANCIAL CRISIS
Anginer, Deniz
Demirguc-Kunt, Asli
Bank Runs and Moral Hazard : A Review of Deposit Insurance
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8589
description Deposit insurance is a widely adopted policy to promote financial stability in the banking sector. Deposit insurance helps ensure depositors' confidence in the financial system and prevents contagious bank runs, but it also comes with an unintended consequence of encouraging banks to take on excessive risk. This paper reviews the economic costs and benefits of deposit insurance and highlights the importance of institutions and specific design features for how well deposit insurance schemes work in practice.
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author Anginer, Deniz
Demirguc-Kunt, Asli
author_facet Anginer, Deniz
Demirguc-Kunt, Asli
author_sort Anginer, Deniz
title Bank Runs and Moral Hazard : A Review of Deposit Insurance
title_short Bank Runs and Moral Hazard : A Review of Deposit Insurance
title_full Bank Runs and Moral Hazard : A Review of Deposit Insurance
title_fullStr Bank Runs and Moral Hazard : A Review of Deposit Insurance
title_full_unstemmed Bank Runs and Moral Hazard : A Review of Deposit Insurance
title_sort bank runs and moral hazard : a review of deposit insurance
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/548031537377082747/Bank-Runs-and-Moral-Hazard-A-Review-of-Deposit-Insurance
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