The Determinants of Cross-Border Bank Share holdings: an Analysis with Bank-Level Data from OECD Countries

D. Focarelli and Alberto Pozzolo

Working Papers from Banca Italia - Servizio di Studi

Abstract: This paper investigates which factors determine a bank's decision to expand its activities abroad and what determines its choice of the countries to invest in. The empirical analysis is conducted using firm-level data on foreign subsidiaries for a representative sample fo nearly 2,500 OECD banks.

Keywords: BANKS; INVESTMENTS; MARKET (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E30 F21 F23 G21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 48 pages
Date: 2000
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