Deposit Insurance Schemes

James Barth, Nguyen Nguyen () and Jiayi Xu ()
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Nguyen Nguyen: Minnesota State University
Jiayi Xu: Mount St. Joseph University

Chapter 2 in Encyclopedia of Finance, 2022, pp 511-527 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract More than two-thirds of member countries of the International Monetary Fund have experienced one or more banking crises in recent years. The inherent fragility of banks has motivated more than 70% of the countries in the world to establish deposit insurance schemes. By increasing depositor confidence, deposit insurance has the potential to provide for a more stable banking system. Although deposit insurance increases depositor confidence, however, it removes depositor discipline. Banks may therefore engage in activities that are riskier than would otherwise be the case. Deposit insurance itself, in other words, could increase the likelihood of a crisis. Our purpose is to examine the extent of deposit schemes in countries and the types of schemes adopted as well as assess the benefits and costs of the schemes in promoting stability in the banking sector.

Keywords: Banks; Banking crisis; Banking instability; Bank runs; Bank supervision; Depositor discipline; Deposit insurance; Financial systems; Moral hazard; Regulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-91231-4_2

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