Do depositors punish banks for "bad" behavior? : market discipline in Argentina, Chile, and Mexico (English)

The authors examine the banking industries of Argentina, Chile, and Mexico to see if market discipline existed there in the 1980s and 1990s. Using a set of bank panel data, they test for the presence of market discipline by studying whether depositors punish risky banks by withdrawing their deposits. They find that across countries and across deposit insurance schemes, market discipline exists even among small insured depositors - who punish risky...

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Martinez Peria, Maria Soledad;

Schmukler, Sergio;
Document Date
1999/02/28
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS2058
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Mexico, Chile, Argentina,
Region
Latin America And Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Doc Name
Do depositors punish banks for "bad" behavior? : market discipline in Argentina, Chile, and Mexico
Keywords
degree of market discipline

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Martinez Peria, Maria Soledad; Schmukler, Sergio.

Do depositors punish banks for "bad" behavior? : market discipline in Argentina, Chile, and Mexico (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 2058 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/647771468769836129

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