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Deposit insurance, bank incentives, and the design of regulatory policy

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  • Paul H. Kupiec
  • James M. O'Brien

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This paper was presented at the conference \\"Financial services at the crossroads: capital regulation in the twenty-first century\\" as part of session 6, \\"The role of capital regulation in bank supervision.\\" The conference, held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on February 26-27, 1998, was designed to encourage a consensus between the public and private sectors on an agenda for capital regulation in the new century.

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  • Paul H. Kupiec & James M. O'Brien, 1998. "Deposit insurance, bank incentives, and the design of regulatory policy," Economic Policy Review, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, vol. 4(Oct), pages 201-211.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fednep:y:1998:i:oct:p:201-211:n:v.4no.3
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