Download or read book Public Disclosure and Bank Failures written by Mr.Tito Cordella and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1997-08-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines how public disclosure of banks’ risk exposure affects banks’ risk-taking incentives and assesses how the presence of informed depositors influences the soundness of the banking system. It finds that, when banks have complete control over the volatility of their loan portfolios, public disclosure reduces the probability of banking crises. However, when banks do not control their risk exposure, the presence of informed depositors may increase the probability of bank failures.