We investigated whether a bank’s popularity and depositors’ fear of Google search volume could affect bank deposits and credit. We use Google Trends data combined with BankFocus on the Indonesian banking industry, which offers a unique setting with massive Internet penetration in banking and...

There is a considerable debate on the role played by deposit insurance on market discipline in the banking industry. Using data for 203 banks across 10 Central and Eastern European countries, this paper empirically analyzes the implications of the implementation of explicit deposit insurance...