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 … internal capital markets, on which a multinational bank relies to allocate liquidity across countries. Capital requirements …

bank-level dataset to assess at a quarterly frequency how changes in the U.S. Federal funds rate (before the crisis) and … the existence of a potent global bank lending channel. In response to changes in U.S. monetary conditions, U.S. banks … strongly adjust their cross-border claims in both the pre and post-crisis period. However, we also find that U.S. bank …