Deposit Insurance Around the World: A Comprehensive Database

Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli; Karacaovali, Baybars; Laeven, Luc

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Deposit Insurance Around the World: A Comprehensive Database

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3628

81 Pages Posted: 22 Jul 2005

See all articles by Asli Demirgüç-Kunt

Luc Laeven

European Central Bank (ECB); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Date Written: June 2005

Abstract

This paper updates the Demirguc-Kunt and Sobaci (2001) cross-country deposit insurance database and extends it in several important dimensions. This new dataset identifies both recent adopters and the ones that were not covered earlier due to a lack of data. Moreover, for the first time, it provides historical time series for several variables and adds new ones. The data were collected by surveying deposit insurance institutions and related agencies as well as through the use of various other country sources.

Keywords: Deposit insurance, deposit protection, deposit coverage, banking

JEL Classification: G21, G28

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli and Karacaovali, Baybars and Laeven, Luc A., Deposit Insurance Around the World: A Comprehensive Database (June 2005). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3628, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=756851