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Lusinyan, Lusine; Buch, Claudia M. - 2000

One key focus of the on-going debate on the integration of international financial markets have been measures to lengthen the maturity of foreign debt. Short-term debt is typically considered to be volatile and thus a potential trigger of currency crises. In contrast to the vivid policy debate...

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Capital Market Integration in Euroland - The Role of Banks

Buch, Claudia M. - 1999

enhances the incentives of banks to expand within Euroland. Yet, while the currency bias in bank portfolios will be eliminated …

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Why Do Banks Go Abroad? - Evidence from German Data

Buch, Claudia M. - 1999

This paper provides empirical evidence on the determinants of foreign activities of German banks. We use regionally disaggregated panel data for the years 1981?98 and distinguish foreign direct investment from total foreign assets of domestic banks, of their foreign branches and their...

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Cross-Border Bank Mergers: What Lures the Rare Animal?

DeLong, Gayle L.; Buch, Claudia M. - 2001

,300 mergers that took place between 1978 and 2001 to analyse the determinants of international bank mergers. We test the extent to … regulated environments are less likely to be the targets of international bank mergers. Hence, the lifting of regulations can … spur growth in cross-border bank mergers. Also, mergers tend to be less frequent if information costs are high. …

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Cross-Border Banking and Transmission Mechanisms: The Case of Europe

Buch, Claudia M. - 2001

Europe, bank finance plays a relatively important role, and efforts have been made at creating a level playing field for …

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Financial Market Integration in a Monetary Union

Buch, Claudia M. - 2001

Financial markets in Euroland differ from those of a national monetary union in two regards. First, capital markets in general and banking markets in particular show a greater degree of segmentation than national financial markets as a result of information costs and regulatory barriers to full...

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What Determines Maturity? An Analysis for Foreign Assets of German Commercial Banks

Buch, Claudia M. - 2000

Surges and reversals of short-term foreign liabilities are often held responsible for instabilities in international financial markets. Yet, empirical evidence on the factors determining the maturity of capital flows is scant. This paper analyzes the determinants of foreign assets of German...

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FDI versus cross-border financial services: The globalisation of German banks

Buch, Claudia M.; Lipponer, Alexander - 2004

' international activities. We find that country- and bank-specific variables capturing size have a major impact on banks' foreign …

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Clustering or competition? The foreign investment behaviour of German banks

Lipponer, Alexander; Buch, Claudia M. - 2004

The presence of other firms in a foreign market can have a double-edged effect on the profitability of new entrants. Firstly, a larger presence of other firms implies more competition and thus lowers the earnings prospects of new entrants. Secondly, there might be positive spill-over effects...

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Domestic and Foreign Banks in Germany: Do They Differ?

Buch, Claudia M.; Golder, Stefan M. - 2000

The German banking market is notorious for its low degree of market penetration by foreign financial institutions, suggesting that markets serviced by domestic and foreign banks are segmented. This paper employs a number of tests to determine whether activities of domestic and foreign banks are...

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