The Repo as a Part of Shadow Banking. An Empirical and Regulatory Discussion : 9783668004306 : 15 Jul 2015 : Scientific Essay from the year 2014 in the subject Economics - Macro-economics, general, grade: 1,5, University of Innsbruck (Banking and Finance), language: English, comment: Die nicht-technischen Kapitel des Buches sind auch für fachfremde Leser verständlich. Hintergrundwissen im Bereich Finanzmärkte ist von Vorteil, aber nicht zwingend notwendig., abstract: Repos are not only one of the financial instruments with crucial importance for funding. They primarily played a significant role to the recent financial crisis as well. Hence, the question is, whether Basel III and the Dodd-Frank Act successfully mitigate instabilities in repo markets. Within this analysis and by reviewing key studies, I am going to explain two statements: Firstly, how Gorton and Metrick (2012) empirically verified that the repo functioned as a crisis trigger, and secondly, how Valderrama (2010) modeled