TITLE

Is deposit insurance the bankers' Faustian bargain?

AUTHOR(S)
Burstein, Melvin L.
PUB. DATE
January 1995
SOURCE
Fedgazette;Jan1995, Vol. 7 Issue 1, p14
SOURCE TYPE
Trade Publication
DOC. TYPE
Editorial
ABSTRACT
Editorial. Discusses the benefits of bank deposit insurance and burden of government banking regulations. Components of the subsidy bankers receive from deposit insurance; Implication of lower capital requirements for banks; Cost of the thrift bailout.
ACCESSION #
9507112868

Tags: DEPOSIT insurance;  BANKING law

 

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