Politics and the rescue of insolvent savings and loans before 1989
| Autor: | Christine Loucks, Randall W. Bennett |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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| Zdroj: | Public Choice. 76:175-187 |
| ISSN: | 1573-7101 0048-5829 |
| Popis: | The results presented in this paper are consistent with those predicted by public choice economists who believe that regulatory agencies represent the interests of their controlling congressional committees. Membership on committees is not random; congressmen seek committee assignments where they can represent the interests of their constituency. Congressmen from states where financial institutions are significant will seek membership on their respective banking committees. Once on those committees, congressmen will seek to protect and promote their own constituency. In the case of the savings and loan industry, insolvent savings and loans received benefits from staying in operation. These savings and loans gained another chance to gamble for resurrection. Being shut-down or placed in a management consignment program did not give this option. The results presented in our paper indicate that participation in one of the rescue programs is not random. Savings and loans in states with political power (representation on the Senate banking committee) are less likely to be resolved. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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