Diversification of Banks' International Portfolios: Evidence and Policy Lessons

Over the past decades, banks have significantly increased their cross-border asset positions. The ongoing crisis on international financial markets has raised the question whether this increase in cross-border activities has allowed banks to diversify risks and to what extent it has increased banks' exposure to systemic risks. In this contribution, we review the existing empirical evidence.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Buch, Claudia M. ; Neugebauer, Katja
Publisher:	Berlin : Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
Subject:	international banking \| financial integration

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Series:	FINESS Working Paper ; D.2.4
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	840809891 [GVK] hdl:10419/119486 [Handle] RePEc:diw:diwfin:diwfin2.4 [RePEc]
Classification:	F3 - International Finance
Source:	EconStor

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