01498cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF012790 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781557756428 1020-5098 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Protecting Bank Deposits. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997. 1 online resource (20 pages) Economic Issues <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Banking crises have led many countries to consider deposit insuranceschemes to protect depositors and the banking system itself from the impact of bank failures. But should society be unconditionally responsible for underwiting banking decisions, even those imprudentlytaken? This paper considers the fine line that government authorities must tread between assuring the health of the banking system and encouraging recklessness on the part of individual banks by overprotecting deposits. Mode of access: Internet Economic Issues; Economic Issues ; No. 1997/006 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/books/051/15229-9781557756428-en/15229-9781557756428-en-book.xml IMF e-Library