This study analyzed a 1988 matched sample data of 176 foreign and domestic-owned U.S. banks that have domestic only offices. This was done to test whether the balance sheet strategies of foreign-owned U.S. banks in domestic markets differ from those of domestic owned banks. The primary impetus...

The conclusions of study are summarized as follows: (1) Banks manage some asset-related international banking activities (especially loans but also cash) less consistently and uniformly than liability-related and other international banking activities. (2) The identified category of...

The purposes of this study are to identify the nature and profitability of the foreign and domestic matched balance sheet strategies of U.S. banks, to identify the incidence and performance implications of individual bank strategy changes or lack of changes over time, and to identify the...