Diversification of Banks' International Portfolios: Evidence and Policy Lessons

Claudia Buch and Katja Neugebauer

No 2.4, Working Paper / FINESS from DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: international banking; financial integration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 p.
Date: 2009
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