The importance of deposit insurance credibility

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Autor(a) principal: Bonfim, Diana
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Santos, João A.C.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/41875
Resumo: Sovereigns usually back up their deposit insurance arrangements to lend them credibility. When the sovereign is in distress, the credibility of deposit insurance might be threatened, with detrimental effects to financial stability. We investigate the behavior of depositors during the euro area sovereign debt crisis to understand the importance of deposit insurance credibility. We find that depositors responded to foreign banks’ decision to convert their subsidiaries into branches. By relocating their deposits into these newly formed branches during a period of sovereign distress, depositors became insured by a deposit insurance scheme with a stronger fiscal backstop. These results document a novel channel through which sovereign-bank links can be reinforced during a crisis: the credibility of deposit insurance.
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spelling The importance of deposit insurance credibilityBank depositsBank runsDeposit insuranceMarket disciplineSovereigns usually back up their deposit insurance arrangements to lend them credibility. When the sovereign is in distress, the credibility of deposit insurance might be threatened, with detrimental effects to financial stability. We investigate the behavior of depositors during the euro area sovereign debt crisis to understand the importance of deposit insurance credibility. We find that depositors responded to foreign banks’ decision to convert their subsidiaries into branches. By relocating their deposits into these newly formed branches during a period of sovereign distress, depositors became insured by a deposit insurance scheme with a stronger fiscal backstop. These results document a novel channel through which sovereign-bank links can be reinforced during a crisis: the credibility of deposit insurance.Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica PortuguesaBonfim, DianaSantos, João A.C.2023-07-25T13:28:26Z2023-092023-09-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/41875eng0378-426610.1016/j.jbankfin.2023.10691685164719951001050052800001info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-09-06T12:43:01Zoai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/41875Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openairemluisa.alvim@gmail.comopendoar:71602024-09-06T12:43:01Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title The importance of deposit insurance credibility
spellingShingle The importance of deposit insurance credibility
Bonfim, Diana
Bank deposits
Bank runs
Deposit insurance
Market discipline
title_short The importance of deposit insurance credibility
title_full The importance of deposit insurance credibility
title_fullStr The importance of deposit insurance credibility
title_full_unstemmed The importance of deposit insurance credibility
title_sort The importance of deposit insurance credibility
author Bonfim, Diana
author_facet Bonfim, Diana
Santos, João A.C.
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author2 Santos, João A.C.
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Bonfim, Diana
Santos, João A.C.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Bank deposits
Bank runs
Deposit insurance
Market discipline
topic Bank deposits
Bank runs
Deposit insurance
Market discipline
description Sovereigns usually back up their deposit insurance arrangements to lend them credibility. When the sovereign is in distress, the credibility of deposit insurance might be threatened, with detrimental effects to financial stability. We investigate the behavior of depositors during the euro area sovereign debt crisis to understand the importance of deposit insurance credibility. We find that depositors responded to foreign banks’ decision to convert their subsidiaries into branches. By relocating their deposits into these newly formed branches during a period of sovereign distress, depositors became insured by a deposit insurance scheme with a stronger fiscal backstop. These results document a novel channel through which sovereign-bank links can be reinforced during a crisis: the credibility of deposit insurance.
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