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Deposit Insurance and Depositor Behavior: Evidence from Colombia

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  • Nicolás de Roux
  • Nicola Limodio

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This paper studies the effect of deposit insurance on depositor behavior. Our theoretical framework integrates insights from public and financial economics and predicts that (1) deposit insurance induces bunching at the threshold in the deposit distribution and (2) an increase in the insurance threshold promotes deposit growth, particularly higher for individuals bunching at the initial limit. We exploit a large and unexpected increase in the Colombian insurance together with monthly depositor-level records from a major bank to test these predictions. We validate the existence of bunching in deposits and quantify the heterogeneous effect of deposit insurance on individual deposit growth.Authors have furnished an Internet Appendix, which is available on the Oxford University Press Web site next to the link to the final published paper online.

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  • Nicolás de Roux & Nicola Limodio, 2023. "Deposit Insurance and Depositor Behavior: Evidence from Colombia," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 36(7), pages 2721-2755.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:rfinst:v:36:y:2023:i:7:p:2721-2755.
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    1. Sümeyra Atmaca & Karolin Kirschenmann & Steven Ongena & Koen Schoors, 2023. "Implicit and Explicit Deposit Insurance and Depositor Behavior," CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper Series crctr224_2023_476, University of Bonn and University of Mannheim, Germany.
    2. van der Kwaak, Christiaan & Madeira, João & Palma, Nuno, 2023. "The long-run effects of risk: an equilibrium approach," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 153(C).
    3. Canlas, Dante B. & Ravalo, Johnny Noe E. & Remolona, Eli M., 2025. "Do small bank deposits run more than large ones? Three event studies of contagion and financial inclusion," Journal of Financial Stability, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
    4. Quintero-V, Juan C., 2023. "Deposit insurance and market discipline," Journal of Financial Stability, Elsevier, vol. 64(C).
    5. Quintero-V, Juan C., 2025. "Measuring the impact of changing deposit insurance coverage levels: Findings from Colombia," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 175(C).
    6. Carola Müller & Matias Ossandon Busch & Miguel Sarmiento & Freddy Pinzon-Puerto, 2025. "Fragile wholesale deposits, liquidity risk, and banks' maturity transformation," BIS Working Papers 1263, Bank for International Settlements.
    7. David P√©rez Reyna & Angie Rozada-Najar & Fausto Suaza, 2025. "Productive Banks Lend to Productive Firms," Documentos CEDE 21298, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
    8. Nicola Limodio & Francesco Strobbe, 2023. "Liquidity Requirements, Bank Deposits and Financial Development," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 90(357), pages 240-270, January.

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    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • G51 - Financial Economics - - Household Finance - - - Household Savings, Borrowing, Debt, and Wealth

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