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Shadow banking in China compared to other countries
Author(s) -
Allen Franklin,
Gu Xian
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the manchester school
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.361
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1467-9957
pISSN - 1463-6786
DOI - 10.1111/manc.12331
Subject(s) - china , stimulus (psychology) , economics , shadow (psychology) , government (linguistics) , welfare , financial system , finance , financial crisis , financial stability , business , macroeconomics , market economy , psychology , linguistics , philosophy , political science , law , psychotherapist
China's shadow banking has been rising rapidly in the last decade, mainly driven by regulations for banks, the Fiscal Stimulus Plan in 2008 and credit constraints in restrictive industries. This sector has continued growing although the regulators repeatedly attempted to impose new regulations on banks and nonbanks. The existence of shadow banking fulfills the high demand for funding. The standard view is that it poses risks to financial stability. However, in China, this is not necessarily the case. Entrusted loans, implicit guarantees from nonbanks, banks or government may provide a second‐best arrangement in funding risky projects and improving welfare.

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