In May 2002, Germany's new single supervisory authority for financial services became operational. The paper examines the impact of this reform on existing deposit insurance schemes within the country. Focusing on the private banks' deposit insurance fund, which had played an important role as a...

German savers are renowned for preferring safe, long-term investments, thus providing patient capital, with bank deposits playing an important role. Using a comprehensive data set for the German banking sector, we examine whether German depositors are really that patient, abstaining from any...