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Too-big-to-fail after FDICIA

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This reprint of a 1993 article outlines what Congress intended the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 to accomplish. A new preface discusses FDICIA's successes and failures as well as research calling for clearer policies to deal with the problem of \"too big to fail\" banks.
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  • Larry D. Wall, 1993. "Too-big-to-fail after FDICIA," Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, issue Jan, pages 1-14.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedaer:y:1993:i:jan:p:1-14
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