Guaranty funds and risk-taking - Evidence from the insurance industry

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Lee, SJ; Mayers, D; Smith, CW
• 署名单位: University of Rochester; Gardner Webb University; University of California System; University of California Riverside
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-405X
• DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(96)00007-4
• 发表日期: 1997
• 页码: 3-24
• 关键词: guaranty fund; risk-taking; insolvency protection; Ownership structure

摘要

This paper examines changes in property-liability insurers' risk-taking around enactments of stare guaranty fund laws. Our evidence suggests that the risk of insurers' asset portfolios increases following enactments. But this increase in risk is significant only for stock insurers. Our evidence of increased risk-taking following guaranty-fund adoptions suggests that the way these funds are organized creates counterproductive investment incentives, especially for stock companies, Because these laws were enacted by states over the period 1969-1981, our evidence on changes in risk-taking helps resolve statistical problems that have been troublesome for studies of bank deposit insurance.