Protecting bank deposits /
Banking crises have led many countries to consider deposit insurance schemes to protect depositors and the banking system itself from the impact of bank failures. But should society be unconditionally responsible for under-writing banking decisions, even those imprudently taken? This paper considers...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
1997.
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Colección: | Economic issues (International Monetary Fund) ;
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Banking crises have led many countries to consider deposit insurance schemes to protect depositors and the banking system itself from the impact of bank failures. But should society be unconditionally responsible for under-writing banking decisions, even those imprudently taken? This paper considers the fine line that government authorities must tread between assuring the health of the banking system and encouraging recklessness on the part of individual banks by overprotecting deposits. |
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Notas: | "Draws on material originally contained in IMF Working Paper 96/83, 'Deposit insurance : obtaining the benefits and avoiding the pitfalls, ' by Gillian Garcia ... Alfred Imhoff prepared the present version"--Preface. "July 1997"--Title page verso. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (iii, 14 pages). |
ISBN: | 9781455272884 1455272884 |