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Game theory of regulation

Game theory and mechanism design explain the strategic side of regulation: why firms arbitrage rules, why authorities may cooperate in calm and ring-fence in stress, why depositors run, and how rules, guarantees and procedures can be designed so that the intended behaviour is in each party's interest.

02Application

What game theory and mechanism design does here.

Game theory and mechanism design study strategic interaction among decision makers and the design of rules that lead to desired outcomes. They explain cooperation, free riding and incentives in shared-risk settings. In financial stability, governance and institutions and capital markets and investment, game theory clarifies why actors underinvest in shared risk reduction and how agreements can be made self-enforcing. It informs the design of risk pools, treaties and incentive schemes. The canonical description is on the STEM Commons.

Home-host cooperation in resolution

Cooperation is modelled as a repeated game in which each authority weighs local protection against group outcomes, showing which commitments and loss-sharing rules make cooperation credible.

Regulatory competition between jurisdictions

Models of competition for financial activity show when jurisdictions relax standards to attract firms, and how minimum standards and peer review change those incentives.

Runs, guarantees and moral hazard

Coordination models of bank runs inform deposit insurance and liquidity rules, while analysis of moral hazard informs coverage limits, risk-based premiums and bail-in design.

03Monitor

Mechanism design.

The screen a team would use to follow this method: its measures, states and decisions. Names are examples and values are illustrative.

Mechanism design

Financial regulation · Game theory of regulation · Run R-3436

Estimates stableGRA · Financial Regulation Nexus

Estimates

robust standard errors

Firms under enhanced supervision−0.290.06[−0.2, 0.2]Yes
Supervisory findings open0.720.13[−0.6, 0.8]Yes
Consultations open0.050.16[−0.5, 0.7]No
Climate expectations met0.050.08[−0.1, 0.5]Yes

Method card

Method
Game theory and mechanism design
Sample
2474 obs
Design
panel, fixed effects
Label
MODELLED

Residuals by group

Mechanism design: the screen's structure, terms and states for Financial regulation.Example names and illustrative values; a design, not a record or a live system.
04Data

What the method consumes.

Datasets and records used by game theory and mechanism design on this platform, with the role each plays and the label its values carry. Sources are listed in the source register.

DataRoleLabel
Cooperation agreements and college recordsRules of the game between authoritiesPublished statistics
Resolution and crisis case historiesObserved strategic behaviourPublished statistics
Laboratory and field experimentsTests of run and cooperation behaviourOBSERVED
Enforcement and whistleblower recordsDetection and deterrence evidencePublished statistics
05Scenario model

Policy paths and what they do to the risk.

How three families of instruments change a risk outcome over time with adoption lags, coverage and compliance, the policy scenarios behind transition and physical risk assessments. Scenario: named assumptions about the future, not a forecast.

Controls

Baseline trend of the outcome
2.0% a year
Coverage of the instrument
70%
Compliance
75%
Effect size, against the teaching value
100%
Years ahead
20 years

Readouts

Largest reduction at the horizon
Regulation
Its reduction against the baseline
21%
Numbers, methods and sources
YearBaselineRegulationEconomic incentiveInformation and capacity
0100.099.598.899.1
1102.0101.2100.199.8
2104.0102.5101.199.9
3106.1103.5101.6100.0
4108.2103.7101.8100.7
5110.4103.2101.7102.1
6112.6102.0101.6103.9
7114.9100.4101.6105.9
8117.299.2102.1108.0
9119.598.6102.9110.1
10121.998.9104.2112.3
11124.399.7105.7114.5
12126.8101.1107.4116.8
13129.4102.7109.4119.2
14131.9104.5111.4121.6
15134.6106.5113.5124.0
16137.3108.5115.7126.5
17140.0110.7118.0129.0
18142.8112.9120.4131.6
19145.7115.1122.8134.2
20148.6117.4125.2136.9

Methods

  1. Tools of government Hood (1983), The Tools of Government, Macmillan
  2. Carrots, sticks and sermons Bemelmans-Videc, Rist and Vedung (1998), Transaction
  3. Diffusion of innovations Rogers (2003), Diffusion of Innovations, Free Press
  4. Uncertainty fan (parameter Monte Carlo) Spiegelhalter, Pearson and Short (2011), Visualising uncertainty about the future, Science 333
  5. One-at-a-time sensitivity (tornado) Saltelli and others (2008), Global Sensitivity Analysis: The Primer, Wiley

Data

The model runs on the teaching values set by the controls. To calibrate it for a place, read it against these admitted layers and series, which this page's map can draw:

  • Borders Natural Earth
  • Cities Natural Earth
Policy paths and what they do to the risk. Illustrative teaching model: it runs on the values set by the controls, not on measured data. Methods: Tools of government (Hood (1983), The Tools of Government, Macmillan); Carrots, sticks and sermons (Bemelmans-Videc, Rist and Vedung (1998), Transaction); Diffusion of innovations (Rogers (2003), Diffusion of Innovations, Free Press).
06Validation

How results are checked.

Predictions are tested through laboratory and field experiments and comparison with observed behaviour. Mechanism designs are piloted before scaling.

CheckHow it is done
Robustness of equilibriumConclusions are tested under changes in information, payoffs and the number of players
Case history comparisonPredicted behaviour is compared with documented crises and cooperation episodes
Assumption transparencyRationality and information assumptions are stated beside every design recommendation

Assumptions of rationality and common knowledge often fail. Real settings involve many players and incomplete information.

07Exposure, loss and capital

What game theory of regulation means for exposure, loss and capital.

The exposure, loss, scenario and capital views a risk officer, supervisor or ministry of finance would ask for, with the frameworks they report against. Structures follow supervisory and actuarial practice. Values are illustrative: never prices, ratings or advice.

Disclosure crosswalk

Where evidence on game theory of regulation fits the disclosure and prudential frameworks institutions report against.

PillarTCFDISSB IFRS S2Prudential (BCBS, IAIS)Evidence this page can hold
GovernanceBoard oversight of climate-related risksGovernance requirementsGovernance and risk appetite principlesWho owns the risk and how it is escalated
StrategyRisks, opportunities and resilienceScenario analysis and resilienceStrategy and business model principlesScenario design and transmission paths
Risk managementIdentify, assess, manageRisk management processesInternal control and ICAAP or ORSAExposure maps and loss views
Metrics and targetsMetrics used and targets setCross-industry and industry metricsData, metrics and reporting principlesIndicator definitions and units
Sources: the TCFD recommendations, ISSB IFRS S2 and the BCBS and IAIS principles, cited by name; the framework texts are the authority. A crosswalk by pillar. It is not a compliance assessment.
NGFS climate scenarios · Network for Greening the Financial SystemIFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures · ISSBTCFD recommendations · Financial Stability Board TCFDPrinciples for the effective management of climate-related financial risks · Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
09Stewardship

Who maintains the method.

Policy Nexus stewards game theory and mechanism design for the Consortium and reviews how it is applied across platforms.

10Connected

Where this page leads across the Consortium.

11Questions

Questions and answers.

What are the limits of game theory and mechanism design in this field?
Assumptions of rationality and common knowledge often fail. Real settings involve many players and incomplete information.
How are results checked?
Predictions are tested through laboratory and field experiments and comparison with observed behaviour. Mechanism designs are piloted before scaling.
Are the values on this page real?
The data names, roles and checks are real descriptions of practice. The canvas shows a design of the method's use, not a run; no result is reported here.
Where else is this method applied?
The canonical method page lists every platform that applies it.
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