Regulatory Arbitrage and Cross-Border Syndicated Loans

This paper investigates how international regulatory and institutional differences affect lending in the cross-border syndicated loan market. Lending provided through a foreign subsidiary is subject to subsidiary-country regulation and institutiona...

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Main Authors: Demirguc-Kunt, Asli, Horvath, Balint L., Huizinga, Harry
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/856421570624402799/Regulatory-Arbitrage-and-Cross-Border-Syndicated-Loans
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spelling okr-10986-325212022-09-20T00:13:38Z Regulatory Arbitrage and Cross-Border Syndicated Loans Demirguc-Kunt, Asli Horvath, Balint L. Huizinga, Harry REGULATION CREDITOR RIGHTS SYNDICATED LOANS INTERNATIONAL LENDING MULTINATIONAL BANK This paper investigates how international regulatory and institutional differences affect lending in the cross-border syndicated loan market. Lending provided through a foreign subsidiary is subject to subsidiary-country regulation and institutional arrangements. Multinational banks' choices between loan origination through the parent bank or through a foreign subsidiary provide information about these banks' preferences to operate in countries with varying regulations and institutions. The results indicate that international banks have a tendency to switch loan origination toward countries with less stringent bank regulation and supervision consistent with regulatory arbitrage, but that they prefer to originate loans in countries with higher-quality institutions related to financial market monitoring, creditor rights, and the speed of contract enforcement. 2019-10-10T16:38:23Z 2019-10-10T16:38:23Z 2019-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/856421570624402799/Regulatory-Arbitrage-and-Cross-Border-Syndicated-Loans http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32521 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9037 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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topic REGULATION
CREDITOR RIGHTS
SYNDICATED LOANS
INTERNATIONAL LENDING
MULTINATIONAL BANK
spellingShingle REGULATION
CREDITOR RIGHTS
SYNDICATED LOANS
INTERNATIONAL LENDING
MULTINATIONAL BANK
Demirguc-Kunt, Asli
Horvath, Balint L.
Huizinga, Harry
Regulatory Arbitrage and Cross-Border Syndicated Loans
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9037
description This paper investigates how international regulatory and institutional differences affect lending in the cross-border syndicated loan market. Lending provided through a foreign subsidiary is subject to subsidiary-country regulation and institutional arrangements. Multinational banks' choices between loan origination through the parent bank or through a foreign subsidiary provide information about these banks' preferences to operate in countries with varying regulations and institutions. The results indicate that international banks have a tendency to switch loan origination toward countries with less stringent bank regulation and supervision consistent with regulatory arbitrage, but that they prefer to originate loans in countries with higher-quality institutions related to financial market monitoring, creditor rights, and the speed of contract enforcement.
format Working Paper
author Demirguc-Kunt, Asli
Horvath, Balint L.
Huizinga, Harry
author_facet Demirguc-Kunt, Asli
Horvath, Balint L.
Huizinga, Harry
author_sort Demirguc-Kunt, Asli
title Regulatory Arbitrage and Cross-Border Syndicated Loans
title_short Regulatory Arbitrage and Cross-Border Syndicated Loans
title_full Regulatory Arbitrage and Cross-Border Syndicated Loans
title_fullStr Regulatory Arbitrage and Cross-Border Syndicated Loans
title_full_unstemmed Regulatory Arbitrage and Cross-Border Syndicated Loans
title_sort regulatory arbitrage and cross-border syndicated loans
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/856421570624402799/Regulatory-Arbitrage-and-Cross-Border-Syndicated-Loans
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32521
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