Search for Yield: How a Change to the Deposit Insurance Limit Affects Households’ Portfolio Allocation
H. Evren Damar, Reint E. Gropp, Adi Mordel
Journal of Banking and Finance,
forthcoming
Abstract
We study how an increase to the deposit insurance limit affects households’ portfolio allocation. Using unique data on individual deposit accounts, a suitable natural experiment, along with detailed information on Canadian households’ portfolio holdings, we show that households respond by drawing down deposits and shifting towards mutual funds and stocks. These outflows amount to 2.8% of outstanding household deposits. The mechanism underlying these portfolio adjustments relies on differences in deposit betas of insured vs. uninsured deposits. More generous deposit insurance coverage, hence, may result in non-trivial adjustments to household portfolios.
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02.09.2026 • 24/2026
Launch of the European Real Estate Index (EREI): German housing prices continue to rise more slowly than in Europe
Growth in asking prices for German residential properties offered for sale has lagged the European EREI aggregate since spring 2025. This is shown by the new European Real Estate Index (EREI) presented today by the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH). This novel data service hinges on more than 43 million listings on online real estate platforms and provides monthly comparisons of residential asking prices and advertised rents across 1,154 European regions in near-real-time.
Michael Koetter
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