Bank Better Have My Money: Crises, Democratic Institutions, and Government Bank Acquisitions

• In Event: JSS 9
  In JSS Session: Networks and Political Economy

Brief Overview

This paper examines the role of democratic institutions in the context of financial integration and crises in motivating government decisions to acquire private bank assets, which leads to increased state ownership within the banking industry.

Author

• Devin Case-Ruchala, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill