Download or read book Deposit Insurance Around the World written by Aslı Demirgüç-Kunt and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explicit deposit insurance (DI) is widely held to be a crucial element of modern financial safety nets. This book draws on an original cross-country dataset on DI systems and design features to examine the impact of DI on banking behavior and assess the policy complications that emerge in developing countries.