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Capital Market Integration in Euroland - The Role of Banks

Buch, Claudia M. - 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 … on the risk taking of banks. …

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Why Do Banks Go Abroad? - Evidence from German Data

Buch, Claudia M. - 1999

This paper provides empirical evidence on the determinants of foreign activities of German banks. We use regionally disaggregated panel data for the years 1981?98 and distinguish foreign direct investment from total foreign assets of domestic banks, of their foreign branches and their...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260539

Cross-Border Bank Mergers: What Lures the Rare Animal?

DeLong, Gayle L.; Buch, Claudia M. - 2001

,300 mergers that took place between 1978 and 2001 to analyse the determinants of international bank mergers. We test the extent to … regulated environments are less likely to be the targets of international bank mergers. Hence, the lifting of regulations can … spur growth in cross-border bank mergers. Also, mergers tend to be less frequent if information costs are high. …

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What Determines Maturity? An Analysis for Foreign Assets of German Commercial Banks

Buch, Claudia M. - 2000

Surges and reversals of short-term foreign liabilities are often held responsible for instabilities in international financial markets. Yet, empirical evidence on the factors determining the maturity of capital flows is scant. This paper analyzes the determinants of foreign assets of German...

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Domestic and Foreign Banks in Germany: Do They Differ?

Buch, Claudia M.; Golder, Stefan M. - 2000

The German banking market is notorious for its low degree of market penetration by foreign financial institutions, suggesting that markets serviced by domestic and foreign banks are segmented. This paper employs a number of tests to determine whether activities of domestic and foreign banks are...

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Information or Regulation: What Is Driving the International Activities of Commercial Banks?

Buch, Claudia M. - 2000

Information costs and regulatory barriers are the main distinguishing features of international financial markets as compared to national financial markets. This paper presents a simple model of the impact of these factors on banks' cross-border activities and provides empirical evidence. Our...

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Distance and International Banking

Buch, Claudia M. - 2001

bank lending. We are using a dataset on assets and liabilities of commercial banks from five countries (France, Germany …

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Foreign Competition and Disintermediation: No Threat to the German Banking System?

Golder, Stefan M.; Buch, Claudia M. - 1999

The German financial system is characterized by lower degrees of penetration by foreign commercial banks and of (bank …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260553

Determinants of Short-Term Debt

Lusinyan, Lusine; Buch, Claudia M. - 2000

One key focus of the on-going debate on the integration of international financial markets have been measures to lengthen the maturity of foreign debt. Short-term debt is typically considered to be volatile and thus a potential trigger of currency crises. In contrast to the vivid policy debate...

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Cross-Border Banking and Transmission Mechanisms: The Case of Europe

Buch, Claudia M. - 2001

Europe, bank finance plays a relatively important role, and efforts have been made at creating a level playing field for …

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