We examine the role of private deposit insurance for deposit flows, bank lending, and moral hazard during a financial crisis. We present novel evidence that banks headquartered in Massachusetts whose deposits are federally and privately insured obtain more deposits, expand lending, and originate...

Banks play a special role as providers of informative signals about the quality and value of their borrowers. Such signals, however, may have a quality of their own as the banks' selection and monitoring abilities may differ. Using an event study methodology, we study the importance of the...