Buch, Claudia M. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1999
banks as providers of informational and of risk-diversification services. By eliminating exchange rate risks, the euro … enhances the incentives of banks to expand within Euroland. Yet, while the currency bias in bank portfolios will be eliminated …, the home bias will remain. It is also argued that positive diversification effects may outweigh possible negative effects …