IMF Working Papers

Deposit Insurance: Obtaining the Benefits and Avoiding the Pitfalls

By G. G. Garcia

August 1, 1996

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G. G. Garcia Deposit Insurance: Obtaining the Benefits and Avoiding the Pitfalls, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1996) accessed November 8, 2024
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Summary

The paper contrasts deposit protection with other forms of insurance, examines why goods and services of all kinds receive warranties and guarantees, and explores the particular characteristics of deposits and banks that merit deposit insurance. It examines a variety of reasons why countries choose to adopt systems of deposit insurance, the pitfalls that can arise from poorly designed schemes, and the features of a scheme that successfully avoids these pitfalls.

Subject: Banking, Commercial banks, Deposit insurance, Distressed institutions, Financial crises, Financial institutions, Insurance, Insurance companies

Keywords: Adverse selection, Africa, Bank closure law, Bank competition, Bank customer, Bank owner, Bank resource, Bank supervisor, Banking system, Commercial bank, Commercial banks, Deposit insurance, Deposit protection, Deposit protection scheme, Distressed institutions, Europe, Failed bank, Insurance, Insurance companies, Insurance coverage, Insurance fund, Lending bank, Protection scheme, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    64

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1996/083

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0831996

  • ISBN:

    9781451850499

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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