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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 …-section dimension of information costs and changes in regulations, in particular, for intra-EU asset holdings. While EU membership per … a positive impact. While regulations and information costs are important for all reporting countries, their relative …

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Distance and international banking

Buch, Claudia M. - 2001

If the technological revolution which has taken place over the past decades has lowered information costs and if … information costs increase in distance, distance should - ceteris paribus - become less important in determining international …

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Determinants of short-term debt

Buch, Claudia M.; Lusinyan, Lusine - 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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Financial openness and business cycle volatility

Buch, Claudia M.; Döpke, Jörg; Pierdzioch, Christian - 2002

This paper discusses whether the integration of international financial markets affects business cycle fluctuations. In the framework of a new open economy macro-model, we show that the link between financial openness and business cycle volatility depends on the nature of the underlying shock....

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Consumer preferences and the reliability of Euler equation tests of capital mobility : some simulation-based evidence

Buch, Claudia M.; Döpke, Jörg; Pierdzioch, Christian - 2002

The globalization of international financial markets has renewed interest in the measurement of capital mobility. Consumption-based tests such as the Euler equation test are commonly used. These tests, however, are derived under restrictive assumptions on consumer behavior. In this paper, we ask...

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The integration of imperfect financial markets : implications for business cycle volatility

Buch, Claudia M. (contributor); … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Capital and trade flows in Europe and the impact of enlargement

Buch, Claudia M.; Piazolo, Daniel - 2000

The Eastern enlargement of the European Union (EU) is likely to give a further boost to trade and capital flows, yet empirical evidence on the possible magnitudes is still scarce. This paper uses four different datasets to estimate the determinants of international asset holdings and trade...

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Capital mobility and EU enlargement

Buch, Claudia M. - 1999

The EU has recently entered accession talks with five transition economies of eastern Europe. Membership in the EU would require inter alia the full liberalization of capital flows. This paper provides empirical evidence on the openness towards foreign capital that the accession states have...

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Real and financial integration in Europe : evidence for the accession states and for the pre-ins

Buch, Claudia M.; Döpke, Jörg - 1999

The process of European integration has gained considerable momentum during the past couple of years. This paper provides an assessment of the degree of integration of both the accession states of central and eastern Europe and of the pre-ins for monetary union with respect to Germany. Using...

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Business cycle volatility in Germany

Buch, Claudia M.; Döpke, Jörg; Pierdzioch, Christian - 2002

Stylized facts suggest that output volatility in OECD countries has declined in recent years. However, the causes and the nature of this decline have so far been analyzed mainly for the United States. In this paper, we analyze whether structural breaks in the dynamics and the volatility of the...

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