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The Spread of Deposit Insurance and the Global Rise in Bank Asset Risk since the 1970s

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  • Charles W. Calomiris
  • Sophia Chen

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We construct a new measure of the changing generosity of deposit insurance for many countries, empirically model the international influences on the adoption and generosity of deposit insurance, and show that the expansion of deposit insurance generosity increased asset risk in banking systems. We consider three asset risk measures: higher loans-to-assets, a higher proportion of lending to households, and a higher proportion of mortgage lending. None of the observed increases in these indicators is offset by declines in banking system leverage. We show that increased asset risk explains at least part of the positive association between deposit insurance and the likelihood and severity of systemic banking crises.

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  • Charles W. Calomiris & Sophia Chen, 2018. "The Spread of Deposit Insurance and the Global Rise in Bank Asset Risk since the 1970s," NBER Working Papers 24936, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    • Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:24936
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    1. Quintero-V, Juan C., 2023. "Deposit insurance and market discipline," Journal of Financial Stability, Elsevier, vol. 64(C).
    2. Calomiris, Charles W. & Flandreau, Marc & Laeven, Luc, 2016. "Political foundations of the lender of last resort: A global historical narrative," Journal of Financial Intermediation, Elsevier, vol. 28(C), pages 48-65.
    3. Theo Kiriazidis, 2017. "The European Deposit Insurance in Perspective," GreeSE – Hellenic Observatory Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe 112, Hellenic Observatory, LSE.
    4. Charles W. Calomiris & Matthew Jaremski, 2016. "Deposit Insurance: Theories and Facts," Annual Review of Financial Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 8(1), pages 97-120, October.
    5. George Pennacchi, 2019. "Banks, Taxes, and Nonbank Competition," Journal of Financial Services Research, Springer;Western Finance Association, vol. 55(1), pages 1-30, February.
    6. Viral V. Acharya & Nirupama Kulkarni, 2019. "Government Guarantees and Bank Vulnerability during a Crisis: Evidence from an Emerging Market," NBER Working Papers 26564, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    7. Kiriazidis, Theo, 2017. "The European deposit insurance in perspective," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 84107, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

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    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • F55 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Institutional Arrangements
    • F65 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Finance
    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
    • G18 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • 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

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