If History Could Be Rerun: The Provision and Pricing of Deposit Insurance in 1933
通过模拟1927-1932年存款保险的公平保费,发现银行存在高自我保险(高资本水平且与资产波动强相关)以及显著的地区间交叉补贴。
This paper examines cross-subsidy, moral hazard, and bank liability issues related to the provision of federal deposit insurance by "rerunning" its implementation, i.e., determining fair premium values, over the period 1927-1932. The pre-1933 period was characterized by historically high asset-price volatility, a large number of bank failures, and a weak federal safety net. In this economic context, we find a high degree of self-insurance on the part of the banks in our sample, both in terms of higher overall capital levels and a strong correlation between capital levels and asset volatility. Potentially large, regional cross-subsidies among banks were also found. Journal of Economic Literature Classification Number: G21.