legitimacy -- The international monetary fund -- The World Bank -- The international finance corporation -- The international … agency -- The bank for international settlement -- The regional development banks -- The inter-American development bank … international investment banks -- The European Investment Bank -- The Nordic investment bank -- Conclusion …

banking relative to international banking. Its key predictions regarding the cross-country pattern of foreign bank asset and … international and global banking. International banking, where banks raise capital in the home market and lend it abroad, is driven … locally in the foreign market, arises from differences in country-level bank efficiency. Together, these two driving forces …

international and global activities of banks across countries. This paper develops and tests a theoretical model that explains this … variation from an international trade theory perspective. In the model, banking across borders arises from differences in factor … differential effects of capital account and banking sector liberalization on banks' foreign positions and international capital …