CEECs are characterised by a significant presence of foreign banks and by a marked dependence upon financing from foreign bankers. We show that this situation leaves these countries open to two types of financial risk, which have grown throughout the present decade. The first relates to the...

This study investigates the direct link between the implementation of the 1988 Basel capital requirement in Japan and the shrinkage of banks' foreign assets, particularly in Thailand in the 1990s. The empirical analysis proceeds in two stages. The first stage investigates the hypothesis that the...

La crise financière de 2008-2009, qui a notamment frappé les banques de l’UE-15, souligne combien les pays d’Europe centrale et orientale (PECO) sont vulnérables à l’arrêt soudain des entrées de capitaux de ces banques, fortement créancières ainsi qu’aux crises de balance des...

Since the 90?s, between 70 and 90% of banking assets in ceecs? banking system are held by foreign located banks. The huge presence of foreign banks in ceecs leads also to a strong dependence to banking cross-border claims. Are foreign located affiliates a factor that attracts foreign claims in...

Determinants of Capital Inflows into Asia: What about Carry Trade Strategies? One of the factors explaining the capital inflows in Asia between 2003 and 2007 is the carry trade strategies with the yen as the funding currency. The aim of this article is to evaluate the impact of domestic and...

The huge presence of foreign banks in CEECs leads to a strong dependence to banking foreign claims. They may be cross-border claims or claims of foreign subsidiaries located in the host country. Are foreign banks a factor that attracts foreign claims in the host country? Does their presence...

L’objectif de l’article est d’analyser le comportement des investisseurs a l’egard du risque pays en tant que declencheur des crises financieres et facteur de contagion a l’occasion de la crise asiatique. La contagion a-t-elle touche des pays proches sur le plan des fondamentaux...

The huge presence of foreign banks in CEECs leads to a strong dependence to banking foreign claims. They may be cross-border claims or claims of foreign subsidiaries located in the host country. Are foreign banks a factor that attracts foreign claims in the host country? Does their presence...

La crise financière de 2007-2008 qui a notamment frappé les banques de l'UE-15 souligne la vulnérabilité des PECO à l'arrêt soudain des entrées de capitaux de ces banques, fortement créancières, ainsi que leur vulnérabilité aux crises de balance des paiements. Les PECO sont, en fait,...

This article investigates the impacts of both external factors and domestic fundamentals on the evolution of capital inflows with a panel of four Asian countries over the 1990-2007 period. The objective is to test contagion variables, as defined by Masson (1999), as push factors in order to...