We classify a large sample of banks according to the geographic diversification of their international syndicated loan … most stable source of funding, while foreign banks with little diversification are the most fickle. Our findings suggest … portfolio. Our results show that diversified banks maintain higher loan supply during banking crises in borrower countries. The …

strength of the bank lending channel, recent evidence shows that bank-specific characteristics can have a large impact on the … provision of credit. We show that new factors, such as changes in banks' business models and market funding patterns, had … structural changes during the period of financial crisis. Banks with weaker core capital positions, greater dependence on market …

presented at the 2009 BIS annual conference focused on the role of banks and other financial institutions by analysing the role … construction. It reconsiders econometric methodology appropriate for designing better evidence-based central bank policy models …

usefulness of the BIS international banking and financial statistics as a window on the financial system's procyclicality. We … shift in the pattern of credit intermediation from banks to bond markets …