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Economic Quarterly

Spring 2002

Can Risk-Based Deposit Insurance Premiums Control Moral Hazard?

Edward S. Prescott

It is commonly thought that risk-based deposit insurance premiums can control the moral hazard inherent in deposit insurance. That view is wrong; other devices—such as state-contingent payments and supervisory exams—are needed as well.

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