This study adopted Hovakimian and Kane model to investigate risk-shifting behavior among Taiwan's small and median banks during 1986 to 1998. The results of the empirical studies based on the sampled banks indicate the followings: 1. Capital requirements supplied no risk-restraining discipline. 2. Risk-shifting incentives do exist. 3. Assuming non-deposit debt is subordinated, we found risk-shifting incentives still exist. 4. Focus on the magnitude of incentives for risk-shifting at troubled banks, we found that troubled banks have strongest incentives to make risk-shifting. 5. After investigating the impact of the deposit-insurance reforms which phase-in began in 1993, we found the effect worse than that did before 1993, although the reforms eliminate risk-shifting incentives.