Competing risks analysis and deposit insurance governance convergence

Christopher, Gandrud (2011): Competing risks analysis and deposit insurance governance convergence.

Abstract

Why do policies often seem to converge across countries at the same time? This question has been studied extensively in the diffusion literature. However, past research has not examined complex choice environments, especially where there are many alternatives. My paper aims to fill this gap in the literature. I show how Fine and Gray Competing Risks Event History Analysis can be used to tease apart the causes of policy convergence. I apply the method to an examination of the reasons why, from the mid-1990s to 2007, many countries created independent deposit insurers. I find an interaction between international recommendations and regional peers’ choices, particularly in the European Union. However, convergence appears to slow under the particular conditions of a banking crisis, regardless of how well independence was promoted. Possibly due to electoral incentives democracies seem to have been more likely to create independent insurers. Ultimately, I demonstrate how competing risks analysis can help enable future research on policy choices, complementing methods previously applied in political economy.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: international policy diffusion, competing risks analysis, delegation, banking crisis, IMF, deposit insurance
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C4 - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics > C41 - Duration Analysis ; Optimal Timing Strategies; F - International Economics > F5 - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy > F59 - Other; D - Microeconomics > D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty > D80 - General

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