Banking

Rethinking Optimal Deposit Insurance

The Rethinking Optimal Deposit Insurance panel in conversation in a classroom. On Friday, April 19, the Wharton Initiative on Financial Policy and Regulation (WIFPR) co-hosted a conference with Yale’s Tobin Center for Economic Policy on “Rethinking Optimal Deposit Insurance.” The conference was organized by Itay Goldstein, WIFPR director and Joel S. Ehrenkranz Family Professor of Finance at Wharton, and Eduardo Davila,…Read More

Breaking Down Bank Runs with Itay Goldstein

From Bailey Building and Loan in It's a Wonderful Life to Silicon Valley Bank in real life – bank runs are a familiar story throughout history. In the latest edition of Wharton Magazine, Wharton professor and WIFPR Director Itay Goldstein gives a Whiteboard lesson all about bank runs. Learn what…Read More