An empirical test of the incentive effects of deposit insurance: the case of junk bonds at savings and loan associations.: An article from: Journal of Money, Credit & Banking

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From the supplier : This paper analyzes how financial markets reacted to S&L diversification into junk bonds. We report that junk bond holdings are positively correlated with both the volatility of S&L equity returns and the interest rates paid on large CDs. Next, we examine the impact of junk bonds on equity returns. For poorly capitalized S&Ls, greater risk taking increases the value of deposit insurance and should lead to higher stock returns. However, a well-capitalized institution that increases junk bond holdings should not experience stock price gains. We find that this is the case for the sample of S&Ls we studied. (Printed by permission of the publisher.)

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Title : An empirical test of the incentive effects of deposit insurance : the case of junk bonds at savings and loan associations.
Author : Elijah, III Brewer
Publication : Journal of Money, Credit & Banking (Refereed)
Date : February 1, 1994
Publisher : Ohio State University Press
Volume : v26 Issue : n1 Page : p146(19)

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