Korea was hit hard by the 2008 global financial crisis, with the foreign bank deleveraging channel coming prominently … through the bank lending channel to a slowdown in credit growth. The analysis finds that a sharp decline in external funding …

We explore the global footprint of Chinese banks and compare it with that of other bank nationalities. Chinese banks … across all bank nationalities, we find that larger distances deter cross-border bank lending to EMDEs more than to AEs. For …

We use data on 1,294 banks in Central and Eastern Europe to analyze how bank ownership and creditor coordination in the …

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 … foreign bank presence negatively related with domestic credit creation. During the global crisis foreign banks reduced credit …

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 … foreign bank presence negatively related with domestic credit creation. During the global crisis foreign banks reduced credit …

during bank runs?; (ii) does their legal structure (branch versus subsidiary) matter?; (iii) do perceptions depend on the … crises, we do not find robust evidence in this regard. Only in one (large) bank run episode, out of five studied, there is …