This paper studies the sectoral and geographical dimensions of the response of bank lending to sectoral growth. We use … several bank-level datasets provided by the Deutsche Bundesbank for the 1996-2002 period. Our results show that bank …. Moreover, we find that the response of lending depends on bank characteristics such as the banking groups, the banks? asset …

bank internationalization. Second, only a few non-financial firms engage in international trade, but many banks hold … nternational assets, and only a few large banks engage in foreign direct investment. Third, in addition to productivity, risk …

countries tends to increase bank risk. Fourth, the impact of internationalization differs across banks from different banking …Recent developments on international financial markets have called the benefits of bank globalization into question … necessarily made banks less risky. Yet, surprisingly little is known about the actual link between bank internationalization, bank …