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Journal of Finance Vol. 47 No. 3 1992

The 1985 Ohio Thrift Crisis, the Fslic's Solvency, and Rate Contagion for Retail Cds.

Elizabeth S Cooperman; Winson B. Lee; Glenn A Wolfe

Abstract

This paper uses both an ARIMA transfer-function intervention model and a panel data analysis to examine the effect of the Ohio deposit insurance crisis in 1985 on the pricing of six-month retail certificates of deposit (CDs) for federally-insured Ohio banks and savings and loans. Adjusting for pricing reactions due to changes in market rates, the authors find a significant, unanticipated rise in CD-rate premiums on the initial event week of the crisis that continued for approximately seven weeks. Consistent with a contingent insurance guarantee hypothesis, rate premiums are found to be risk based.

Volume
47
Issue
3
Pages
919-41
Sources
bibtex:phds-export.bib

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