Deposit insurance pricing and social welfare

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Abstract

Recent literature has established that financial disruption has real costs which justify government intervention in the financial sector. One form of government intervention is deposit insurance. In this paper we determine the optimal pricing and subsidy of deposit insurance in a social welfare context. The main conclusion is that optimal deposit insurance need not be actuarially fair. In an economy with a real and a financial sector we consider the effects of taxation and social (political) weights of the sectors. We analyze two policy tools: government supervision and deposit insurance pricing.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)531-552
Number of pages22
JournalJournal of Banking and Finance
Volume18
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1994

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 1 - No Poverty
    SDG 1 No Poverty
  2. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

  • Banks regulation
  • Banks supervision
  • Deposit insurance
  • Social welfare

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