Diversification of Banks' International Portfolios: Evidence and Policy Lessons

Over the past decades, banks have significantly increased their cross-border asset positions. The ongoing crisis on international financial markets has raised the question whether this increase in cross-border activities has allowed banks to diversify risks and to what extent it has increased banks' exposure to systemic risks. In this contribution, we review the existing empirical evidence.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Buch, Claudia M. ; Neugebauer, Katja
Institutions:	DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)
Subject:	international banking \| financial integration

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Paper / FINESS.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 2.4 21 pages long
Classification:	F3 - International Finance
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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