Shadow banks and systemic risks

Gong, Rui and Page, Frank (2016) Shadow banks and systemic risks. Systemic Risk Centre Discussion Papers (55). Systemic Risk Centre, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

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Abstract

We answer the following question: Does regulating the banking network increase systemic risk in the entire financial network in the presence of unregulated shadow banks? In order to answer this question, we introduce a formal definition of systemic risk based on the equilibrium state dynamics generated by a stochastic game of network formation with banks and shadow banks. Based on the equilibrium dynamics, we discuss the properties of equilibrium financial networks. The predictions of the model are consistent with empirical evidence in the literature. Our analysis makes clear the systemic importance of connections between commercial banks and shadow banks in determining the health of the entire financial network. Lastly, but most importantly, we give a definition of systemic risk based on equilibrium dynamics, and therefore, a definition which takes into account the strategic interactions of financial institutions when facing different regulatory policies. Given our definition of systemic risk, we discuss various policies for regulating the financial system. Then, specializing our dynamic stochastic game model to a more basic model in which banks and shadow banks form a network including connections to the real economy, we show, via numerical simulations of our stochastic game model under various regulatory regimes, that imposing bank regulations not faced by shadow banks does indeed increase systemic risk throughout the financial network.

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL:	http://www.systemicrisk.ac.uk/
Additional Information:	© 2016 The Authors
Divisions:	Systemic Risk Centre
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HG Finance
JEL classification:	D - Microeconomics > D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty > D85 - Network Formation and Analysis: Theory G - Financial Economics > G3 - Corporate Finance and Governance > G32 - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure
Date Deposited:	28 Jul 2020 12:12
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 23:38
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/105809

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