Limited deposit insurance coverage and bank competition

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Banking & Finance
Year: 2016
Volume: 71
Issue: C
Pages: 95-108

Score contribution per author:

0.670 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Deposit insurance designs in many countries place a limit on the coverage of deposits in each bank. However, no limits are placed on the number of accounts held with different banks. Therefore, under limited deposit insurance, some consumers open accounts with different banks to achieve higher or full deposit insurance coverage. We compare three regimes of deposit insurance: no deposit insurance, unlimited deposit insurance, and limited deposit insurance. We show that limited deposit insurance weakens competition among banks and reduces total welfare relative to no or unlimited deposit insurance.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jbfina:v:71:y:2016:i:c:p:95-108
Journal Field
Finance
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-29