Foreign-dominated banking sectors, such as those prevalent in Central and Eastern Europe, are susceptible to two major … sources of systemic risk: (i) linkages between local banks and (ii) linkages between a foreign mother bank and its local …-dependencies in downward risk in the banking sector of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia during 1994{2013. In contrast …

This paper investigates the drivers of bank foreign expansion in East Africa. Our results support the view that …

The nexus between ownership and competition in the banking sector is a major concern to policymakers around the world … but one that is rarely comprehensively examined. For 131 countries and 13 years we match bank ownership with over 50 …,000 bank-year estimates of individual bank market power. We find that ownership does not explain market power at the individual …

This article provides evidence on the link between Japanese firms' foreign direct investment (FDI) and domestic bank … health during the 1990s. Analysis of FDI by 420 industrial firms reveals that financial health of a firm's main bank and non …-main banks both positively and significantly relates to the firm's FDI around the globe. The estimated impact of main bank health …

In this paper, we analyze the importance of international banking models, along the operational and the funding … dimensions, for the decline in international positions of European banks since the crisis. Using BIS Consolidated Banking …