(OCC36) Protecting Banks from Liquidity Shocks: The Role of Deposit Insurance and Lending of Last Resort by Joo A.C. Santos

This paper reviews the literature on the two arrangements that most countries adopted to protect banks from liquidity shocks a lender of last resort and deposit insurance and compares the design of these arrangements across countries. The paper ends with a brief summary of both the key lessons learned about the design of these arrangements and the issues related to them that remains unanswered.

Author(s): Joo A.C. Santos

Pages: 47

Published Date: 1 January 2002

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