Foreign banks : trends, impact and financial stability

Stijn Claessens and Neeltje van Horen

This paper introduces a comprehensive database on bank ownership for 137 countries over 1995-2009, and reviews foreign bank behavior and impact. It documents substantial increases in foreign bank presence, with many more home and host countries. Current market shares of foreign banks average 20 percent in OECD countries and 50 percent elsewhere. Foreign banks have higher capital and more liquidity, but lower profitability than domestic banks do. Only in developing countries is foreign bank presence negatively related with domestic credit creation. During the global crisis foreign banks reduced

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Claessens, Stijn ; Horen, Neeltje van
Publisher:	Washington, DC : Internat. Monetary Fund
Subject:	Internationale Bank \| International bank \| Finanzkrise \| Financial crisis \| Welt \| World \| OECD-Staaten \| OECD countries \| 1995-2009

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 39 S., 1,423 KB) graph. Darst.
Series:	IMF working papers. - Washington, DC : IMF, ZDB-ID 2108494-4. - Vol. 12/10 IMF Working Papers
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	"January 2012 Includes bibliographical references Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader Cover; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Description of the Dataset; III. Trends in Foreign Banking; A. Aggregate Trends; B. Income Group and Regional Trends; C. Globalization and Regional Integration; IV. Importance of Foreign Banks, their Behavior and impact on Domestic Systems; A. Relative Importance of Foreign Banks; B. Differences in Balance Sheets and Performance between Foreign and Domestic Banks; C. Foreign Banks and Domestic Credit Creation; V. Foreign Banks and Financial Stability During the Global Financial Crisis; VI. The Future of Foreign Banking; VII. Conclusions; Table 1. Number of Banks by Host Country, Aggregates by Income Level and Region2. Number of Foreign Banks by Home Country, Aggregates by Income Level and Region; 3. Number and Share of Foreign Banks from Home Regions; 4. Importance of Foreign Banks in Local Banking System (2007); 5. Differences in Balance Sheet between Foreign and Domestic Banks; 6. Private Credit and Foreign Banks; 7. The Global Financial Crisis and Credit Growth of Foreign and Domestic Banks; Figure; 1. Number and Share of Foreign Banks, 1995-2009; 2. Number of Entries and Exits of Foreign Banks 3. Relative Foreign Bank Presence across Host Countries, 1995-20094. Share of Foreign Banks in Investing in Own Regions, 1995-2009; 5. Relative Importance of Foreign Banks (2007); Appendix Table; 1. Percentage of Foreign Banks among Total Banks, by Country; 2. Percentage of Foreign Bank Assets among Total Bank Asset, by Country; References Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	978-1-4639-3115-5 ; 978-1-4639-3902-1 ; 978-1-4639-3115-5
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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