The author uses a political economy framework to analyze cross-country differences in deposit insurance coverage. He finds supporting evidence of the significance of private interest theories in explaining coverage of deposit insurance. Deposit insurance coverage is significantly higher in countries where poorly capitalized banks dominate the market and in countries where depositors are poorly educated. The author does not find that coverage is significantly...
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2004/03/01
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS3247
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2010/07/01
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The political economy of deposit insurance
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conflict management