Cross-border banking in emerging markets and developing economies has expanded across most World Bank regions and has … become large relative to some home and host economies. This paper analyzes recent trends of bank activities of financial …

on the external bank financing of emerging countries heavily dependent on this type of financing. Indeed, several studies … have aroused fears about the potential effects of significant regulatory adjustments on bank lending to emerging markets … bank financialization on banking flows to these countries. The results also show that countries rated as speculative grade …