Financial Crisis and Financial Intermediation: Asking Different Questions

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiguo He ◽  
Arvind Krishnamurthy

Intermediary asset pricing understands asset prices and risk premia through the lens of frictions in financial intermediation. Perhaps motivated by phenomena in the financial crisis, intermediary asset pricing has been one of the fastest-growing areas of research in finance. This article explains the theory behind intermediary asset pricing and, in particular, how it is different from other approaches to asset pricing. This article also covers selective empirical evidence in favor of intermediary asset pricing.


Author(s):  
Tobias Adrian ◽  
Adam B. Ashcraft ◽  
Peter Breuer ◽  
Nicola Cetorelli

Financial innovation has transformed intermediation from a process involving a single financial institution to a chain of transactions broken down among several institutions. Following the Great Financial Crisis, financial intermediation has shifted significantly from banks to non-banks, providing credit in the “shadows” of the regulated banking system. This chapter offers a definition of shadow banking and explanations for its existence, as well as providing an overview of attempts to measure its size. It explains how shadow banking differs from other forms of non-bank intermediation, in particular market-based finance, and discusses why regulators and academics should care about it. Further, the chapter reviews efforts to strengthen supervision and regulation and discusses some policy challenges on the horizon in the context of case studies.


2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 21-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Woodford

Understanding phenomena such as the recent financial crisis, and possible policy responses, requires the use of a macroeconomic framework in which financial intermediation matters for the allocation of resources. Neither standard macroeconomic models that abstract from financial intermediation nor traditional models of the “bank lending channel” are adequate as a basis for understanding the recent crisis. Instead we need models in which intermediation plays a crucial role, but in which intermediation is modeled in a way that better conforms to current institutional realities. In particular, we need models that recognize that a market-based financial system—one in which intermediaries fund themselves by selling securities in competitive markets, rather than collecting deposits subject to reserve requirements—is not the same as a frictionless system. I sketch the basic elements of an approach that allows financial intermediation and credit frictions to be integrated into macroeconomic analysis in a straightforward way. I show how the model can be used to analyze the macroeconomic consequences of the recent financial crisis and conclude with a discussion of some implications of the model for the conduct of monetary policy.


10.26458/1531 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Ilie MIHAI ◽  
Cristian OPREA

The recent financial crisis that begun in 2007 in the US, which then swept around the world, has left deep scars on the already wrinkled face of the global economy.Some national and regional economies, which had money for expensive makeup, or created money[1], managed to blur or hide the scars left by the crisis, others are still facing difficulties in overcoming the effects of this.The rapacity of banks, their greed and risk ignorance, were the origin of the outbreak of the last major economic and financial crisis but unfortunately those who were responsible or, rather, irresponsible, paid little or nothing at all for the burden of their bad loan portfolio. This cost has been supported by the population, either directly by paying high interest and fees [Mihai I., 2007], or indirectly, through the use of public budgets to cover the losses of banks, most of which had private capital. In this context, we intend to examine the state of financial intermediation in Romania in the post-crisis period, and to primarily follow: (i) The structure and evolution of the banking system; (ii) Non-government credit situation; (iii) The level of savings; (iiii) Loan-deposit ratio; (v) The degree of financial intermediation and disintegration phenomenon etc., and to articulate some conclusions and suggestions on the matters that have been explored. 


Author(s):  
Norzitah Abdul Karim ◽  
Syed Musa Syed Jaafar Alhabshi ◽  
Salina Kassim ◽  
Razali Haron

The present study, grounded in theory of financial intermediation, provides new empirical evidence on comparison of bank stability measures of Islamic banks, conventional banks and other bank models in Indonesia. Specifically, 72 conventional banks, 4 Islamic banks, 3 conventional banks with Islamic subsidiaries and 2 subsidiary Islamic banks in Indonesia are considered, focusing on the sample period of 1999-2015. The study adopts z-score as a measure of bank stability, while a non-parametric multiple comparison analysis was used to test the significance of the differences in the bank stability of the different bank models, namely Islamic banks, conventional banks, Subsidiary Islamic banks and conventional banks with Islamic subsidiaries. The sample period is further divided into three sub-periods, namely, before the global financial crisis (1999-2006), during the global financial crisis (2007-2009) and after the global financial crisis (2010-2015) so as to gain more detail findings on the impact of the global financial crisis on the banks’ stability. The impact of local crisis periods (1999-2001) on bank stability of different bank models is also investigated. Findings of this study contribute towards extending the theory of financial intermediation through empirical works of stability of different banking models namely Islamic banks, conventional banks, Subsidiary banks and conventional banks with Islamic subsidiaries.


2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-143
Author(s):  
Setiadi Alim Lim

Most countries that use the Value Added Tax system are generally exclude financial intermediation services of imposition of Value Added Tax. This exception in addition to reduce the country revenue from tax sector in significant numbers, also gives rise to distortions in terms of both legal and economical. But after the financial crisis in 2008, many countries have began to rethink to impose value added tax on financial intermediation services. There are several alternative methods are expected to be implemented to overcome the difficulties the imposition of VAT on financial intermediation services. Indonesia as one of the countries that use the Value Added Tax system also excludes the imposition of VAT on financial intermediation services. In order to increase country revenuefrom the tax sector, the Indonesia should consider eliminating VAT exemption for financial intermediation services.


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