题目：The Invisible Hand and the banking trade: seigniorage, risk-shifting, and more

演讲人：Professor Lei Zhang University of Warwick

主办单位：英国威廉希尔公司

地点：知新楼C座201

时间：2013年4月11日（周四）15:00—16:30

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摘要

Abstract

The classic Diamond-Dybvig model of banking assumes perfect competition and abstracts from issues of moral hazard, hardly appropriate when considering modern UK banking. We therefore modify the classic model to incorporate franchise values due to market power; and risk-taking by banks with limited liability. We go further to show how the capacity of franchise values to mitigate risk taking may be undermined by the bailout option; with explicit analytical results provided for the case of extreme risk-aversion. After a brief discussion of how this may impact on the distribution of income, we outline the ways in which the Vickers Report seeks to remedy these problems.

演讲人简介

Lei Zhang

Department of Economics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL

EDUCATION:

PhD, University of Warwick, (1993). Title: “Stochastic Optimal Control and Regime Switching: Applications in Economics”. PhD awarded 1994.

MA programme in Economics, University of Warwick, (1987—1988). Passed all written examinations for MA in economics.

MSc programme in Management Sciences, Peking University, (1985—1987).

BSc in Space Physics, Peking University, (1981—1985)