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Chinese Journal of Management Science ›› 2025, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (11): 1-13.doi: 10.16381/j.cnki.issn1003-207x.2021.2663

   

Investment Diversification, Business Similarity and Systemic Risk

Chao Wang1(), Jianmin He2, Xiaoxing Liu2   

  1. 1.School of Finance,Nanjing Agricultural University,Nanjing 210095,China
    2.School of Economics and Management,Southeast University,Nanjing 211189,China
  • Received:2021-12-23 Revised:2022-11-04 Online:2025-11-25 Published:2025-11-28
  • Contact: Chao Wang E-mail:wangchaoedu@njau.edu.cn

Abstract:

The relationship between diversification and similarity is explored through the systemic model of banking originated losses to measure systemic risk in the banking of China when facing stress tests. The impact of diversification on the systemic risk is then analyzed using similarity as a mediating variable to reveal the contagion process of systemic risk and clarify the formation mechanism of systemic risk. The results show that large banks are usually able to reduce their business similarity through diversification, and for some small and medium-sized banks the promotion of business similarity by diversification is more obvious. The contagion risks caused by excessive business similarity is currently a key factor affecting the stability of the banking market in China. Although business similarity promotes the contagion of systemic risk, it has a double effect for large state-owned commercial banks, which can disperse shocks from other banks through the advantage of being “too big to fail” without serious systemic risks. The above findings provide regulatory references for the business transformation and systemic risk prevention of commercial banks in China.

Key words: investment diversification, business similarity, systemic risk

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