This paper examines the effect of foreign bank entry on local firms’ social performance. We find that foreign bank … foreign institutional investors or CEOs with overseas experiences in place. Further analyses show that foreign bank entry …

Policy makers often decide to liberalize foreign bank entry but at the same time restrict the mode of entry. We study …

Policy makers often decide to liberalize foreign bank entry but put limitations on the mode of entry. We study how …

Policy makers often decide to liberalize foreign bank entry but at the same time restrict the mode of entry. We study …

more open to foreign entry. In the model, banking sector integration leads to bank exit and entry and convergence in the … return on loans and funding costs across countries. Bank heterogeneity matters for the associated welfare gains. Results … suggest that differences in bank efficiencies across countries drive banking across borders, that fixed costs are crucial for …