Foreign Bank Participation and Crises in Developing Countries

This paper describes the recent trends in foreign bank ownership in developing countries, summarizes the existing evidence on the causes and implications of foreign bank presence, and reexamines the link between banking crises and foreign bank part...

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Main Authors: Cull, Robert, Martínez Pería, María Soledad
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7361403/foreign-bank-participation-crises-developing-countries
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spelling okr-10986-71332021-04-23T14:02:33Z Foreign Bank Participation and Crises in Developing Countries Cull, Robert Martínez Pería, María Soledad ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ASSET HOLDINGS AVERAGE VALUES BANK ACCOUNTING BANK ACQUISITIONS BANK ASSETS BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS BANK MERGERS BANK OF GREECE BANKING CRISES BANKING CRISIS BANKING SECTOR BANKING SYSTEM BANKING SYSTEMS BUDGET DEFICIT BUDGET DEFICITS CAPITAL FLOWS CENTRAL ASIAN COMMERCIAL CODE CREDIT MARKETS CROSS-BORDER CROSS-COUNTRY EVIDENCE DEGREE OF COMPETITION DEPOSIT INSURANCE DISTRESSED BANKS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE EFFICIENCY GAINS EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS EMERGING MARKETS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPLOYMENT ESTATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS FINANCIAL FIRMS FINANCIAL INTEGRATION FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FOREIGN ASSET FOREIGN ASSETS FOREIGN BANK FOREIGN BANKS FOREIGN COMPETITION FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS FOREIGN ENTRY FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN PARTICIPATION GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP GOVERNMENT REGULATION HOST COUNTRIES HOST COUNTRY HOST DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HOST ECONOMIES INFLATION INSTITUTIONAL DIFFERENCES INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INTEREST INCOME INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANKS LATIN AMERICAN LAWS LIMITED LIQUIDITY LOCAL MARKET MARKET SEGMENTS MARKET SIZE MIDDLE EAST NATIONAL BANK NORTH AFRICA OPERATING COSTS OPERATING EXPENSES OVERHEAD COSTS PRIVATE BANKS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATIZATION PRIVATIZATION OF STATE PROFITABILITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION OF PRIVATE PROTECTION OF PROPERTY REGULATORY RESTRICTIONS SHAREHOLDING SMALL BUSINESSES SMALL COMPANIES SMALL FIRMS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBSIDIARIES TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO VOLATILITY This paper describes the recent trends in foreign bank ownership in developing countries, summarizes the existing evidence on the causes and implications of foreign bank presence, and reexamines the link between banking crises and foreign bank participation. Using data on the share of banking sector assets held by foreign banks in over 100 developing countries during 1995-2002, the results show that countries that experienced a banking crisis tended to have higher levels of foreign bank participation than those that did not. Furthermore, panel regressions indicate that foreign participation increased as a result of crises rather than prior to them. However, post-crisis increases in foreign participation did not coincide with increased credit to the private sector, perhaps because in many cases foreign banks acquired distressed banks. 2012-06-05T16:42:13Z 2012-06-05T16:42:13Z 2007-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7361403/foreign-bank-participation-crises-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7133 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4128 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
ASSET HOLDINGS
AVERAGE VALUES
BANK ACCOUNTING
BANK ACQUISITIONS
BANK ASSETS
BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS
BANK MERGERS
BANK OF GREECE
BANKING CRISES
BANKING CRISIS
BANKING SECTOR
BANKING SYSTEM
BANKING SYSTEMS
BUDGET DEFICIT
BUDGET DEFICITS
CAPITAL FLOWS
CENTRAL ASIAN
COMMERCIAL CODE
CREDIT MARKETS
CROSS-BORDER
CROSS-COUNTRY EVIDENCE
DEGREE OF COMPETITION
DEPOSIT INSURANCE
DISTRESSED BANKS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EFFICIENCY GAINS
EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS
EMERGING MARKETS
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPLOYMENT
ESTATE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
FINANCIAL FIRMS
FINANCIAL INTEGRATION
FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FOREIGN ASSET
FOREIGN ASSETS
FOREIGN BANK
FOREIGN BANKS
FOREIGN COMPETITION
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS
FOREIGN ENTRY
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
FOREIGN PARTICIPATION
GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
HOST COUNTRIES
HOST COUNTRY
HOST DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
HOST ECONOMIES
INFLATION
INSTITUTIONAL DIFFERENCES
INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT
INTEREST INCOME
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL BANKS
LATIN AMERICAN
LAWS
LIMITED
LIQUIDITY
LOCAL MARKET
MARKET SEGMENTS
MARKET SIZE
MIDDLE EAST
NATIONAL BANK
NORTH AFRICA
OPERATING COSTS
OPERATING EXPENSES
OVERHEAD COSTS
PRIVATE BANKS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PRIVATIZATION
PRIVATIZATION OF STATE
PROFITABILITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PROTECTION OF PRIVATE
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
REGULATORY RESTRICTIONS
SHAREHOLDING
SMALL BUSINESSES
SMALL COMPANIES
SMALL FIRMS
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
SUBSIDIARIES
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
VOLATILITY
spellingShingle ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
ASSET HOLDINGS
AVERAGE VALUES
BANK ACCOUNTING
BANK ACQUISITIONS
BANK ASSETS
BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS
BANK MERGERS
BANK OF GREECE
BANKING CRISES
BANKING CRISIS
BANKING SECTOR
BANKING SYSTEM
BANKING SYSTEMS
BUDGET DEFICIT
BUDGET DEFICITS
CAPITAL FLOWS
CENTRAL ASIAN
COMMERCIAL CODE
CREDIT MARKETS
CROSS-BORDER
CROSS-COUNTRY EVIDENCE
DEGREE OF COMPETITION
DEPOSIT INSURANCE
DISTRESSED BANKS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EFFICIENCY GAINS
EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS
EMERGING MARKETS
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPLOYMENT
ESTATE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
FINANCIAL FIRMS
FINANCIAL INTEGRATION
FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FOREIGN ASSET
FOREIGN ASSETS
FOREIGN BANK
FOREIGN BANKS
FOREIGN COMPETITION
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS
FOREIGN ENTRY
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
FOREIGN PARTICIPATION
GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
HOST COUNTRIES
HOST COUNTRY
HOST DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
HOST ECONOMIES
INFLATION
INSTITUTIONAL DIFFERENCES
INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT
INTEREST INCOME
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL BANKS
LATIN AMERICAN
LAWS
LIMITED
LIQUIDITY
LOCAL MARKET
MARKET SEGMENTS
MARKET SIZE
MIDDLE EAST
NATIONAL BANK
NORTH AFRICA
OPERATING COSTS
OPERATING EXPENSES
OVERHEAD COSTS
PRIVATE BANKS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PRIVATIZATION
PRIVATIZATION OF STATE
PROFITABILITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PROTECTION OF PRIVATE
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
REGULATORY RESTRICTIONS
SHAREHOLDING
SMALL BUSINESSES
SMALL COMPANIES
SMALL FIRMS
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
SUBSIDIARIES
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
VOLATILITY
Cull, Robert
Martínez Pería, María Soledad
Foreign Bank Participation and Crises in Developing Countries
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4128
description This paper describes the recent trends in foreign bank ownership in developing countries, summarizes the existing evidence on the causes and implications of foreign bank presence, and reexamines the link between banking crises and foreign bank participation. Using data on the share of banking sector assets held by foreign banks in over 100 developing countries during 1995-2002, the results show that countries that experienced a banking crisis tended to have higher levels of foreign bank participation than those that did not. Furthermore, panel regressions indicate that foreign participation increased as a result of crises rather than prior to them. However, post-crisis increases in foreign participation did not coincide with increased credit to the private sector, perhaps because in many cases foreign banks acquired distressed banks.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Cull, Robert
Martínez Pería, María Soledad
author_facet Cull, Robert
Martínez Pería, María Soledad
author_sort Cull, Robert
title Foreign Bank Participation and Crises in Developing Countries
title_short Foreign Bank Participation and Crises in Developing Countries
title_full Foreign Bank Participation and Crises in Developing Countries
title_fullStr Foreign Bank Participation and Crises in Developing Countries
title_full_unstemmed Foreign Bank Participation and Crises in Developing Countries
title_sort foreign bank participation and crises in developing countries
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7361403/foreign-bank-participation-crises-developing-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7133
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