We study how differences in bank regulation influence cross-border bank acquisition flows and the share price reactions … positive and larger when acquirers come from more restrictive bank regulatory environments. We interpret this evidence as more …

We examine the impact of the international diversification by banks on the value of their advice in 1,705 cross …-border merger and acquisition transactions. We find that bidders engaging internationally diversified advisors face lower … effects of international diversification …

Cross-border bank credit is dominated by a small number of very sizeable links between banks in one country and … borrowers in another. The largest-sized cross-border banking links are mainly between major advanced economies. Concentration … for credit to the non-bank sector. Despite the substantial decline in interbank credit in the aftermath of the GFC …