In this paper we study interdependencies between corporate foreign investment and the capital structure of banks. By committing to invest predominantly at home, firms can reduce the credit default risk of their lending banks. Therefore, banks can refinance loans to a larger extent through...

This paper studies how capital requirements influence a bank's mode of entry into foreign financial markets. We develop a model of an internationally operating bank that creates and allocates liquidity across countries and argue that the advantage of multinational banking over offering...

Auf Finanzmärkten werden Entscheidungen häufig unter Unsicherheit getroffen. Die Vertragstheorie ist deshalb ein geeignetes Instrument, Interaktionen zwischen Wirtschaftspartnern zu untersuchen und Vertragsinhalte als Ergebnis rationaler Entscheidungen zu erklären. Dieses Lehrbuch beschreibt...

Business cycles imply liquidity risks for banks. This paper explores how these risks influence bank lending over the cycle. With forward-looking banks, lending cycles, credit booms and busts, or suppressed and highly fragile bank systems can emerge, depending on the magnitude of liquidity risks....