Cross-border Banking and the Circumvention of Macroprudential and Capital Control Measures

Eugenio Cerutti and Haonan Zhou

No 2018/217, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: We analyze the joint impact of macroprudential and capital control measures on cross-border banking flows, while controlling for multidimensional aspects in lender-and-borrower-relationships (e.g., distance, cultural proximity, microprudential regulations). We uncover interesting spillover effects from both types of measures when applied either by lender or borrowing countries, with many of them most likely associated with circumvention or arbitrage incentives. While lender countries’ macroprudential policies reduce direct cross-border banking outflows, they are associated with larger outflows through local affiliates. Direct cross-border inflows are higher in borrower countries with more usage of macroprudential policies, and are linked to circumvention motives. In the case of capital controls, most spillovers seem to be present through local affiliates. We do not find evidence to support the idea that additional capital inflow controls could interact with macro-prudential policies to mitigate cross-border spillovers.

Keywords: WP; borrower country; banking flow; Cross-Border Banking Flows; Macroprudential Policies; Capital Controls; affiliate lending; borrowers' MPM; inflow restriction; MPM spillover; lender-borrower level; MPM usage; Macroprudential policy instruments; Cross-border banking; Macroprudential policy; Bank credit; Global (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46
Date: 2018-09-28
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