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But so your view is that small banks are prone to instability in virtue of being small. I get that with many banks, the probability that at least one has proble
by abeppu 5y ago
But so your view is that small banks are prone to instability in virtue of being small. I get that with many banks, the probability that at least one has problems increases to 1. My hypothesis was that large banks are risky in virtue of being concentrated; though in most years they may all be fine, occasionally big bets made by a single institution can impact a large minority of depositors. I suppose in a context where the state is prepared to prop up banks in times of crisis, perhaps propping up a few big ones is less complex than trying to support many small ones?
- eru 5y agoThe Canadian system I talked about had no government propping up of banks. See also https://www.alt-m.org/2015/07/29/there-was-no-place-like-canada/ https://www.alt-m.org/2015/07/29/there-was-no-place-like-can...