How Banks Go Abroad : Branches or Subsidiaries?

The authors examine the factors that influence banks' type of organizational form when operating in foreign markets using an original database of the branches and subsidiaries in Latin America and Eastern Europe of the top 100 international banks. They find that regulation, taxation, the degree...

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Main Authors:	Cerutti, Eugenio, Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni, Martínez Pería, Maria Soledad
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AFFILIATE AFFILIATES BALANCE SHEETS BANK ASSETS BANK BRANCHES BANK LENDING BANK MERGERS BANKING SECTOR BANKING SERVICES BANKING SYSTEM BANKING SYSTEMS BANKS BILATERAL TRADE CENTRAL BANKS COMMERCIAL BANKS CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DEBT DEPOSITORS DEVALUATION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMIC RISK ECONOMICS EMERGING ECONOMIES EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES EMERGING MARKETS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK FINANCIAL DISTRESS FINANCIAL INFORMATION FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FOREIGN BANKS FOREIGN ENTRY FOREIGN EXCHANGE FRAUD FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION INFLATION INFLATION RATE INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL BANKS INVESTMENT BANKING INVESTMENT BANKS LATIN AMERICAN LAWS LEGAL PROVISIONS LEGISLATION LENDING BEHAVIOR LIABILITY MUTUAL FUND MUTUAL FUNDS ORGANIZATIONAL FORM PER CAPITA INCOME REAL GDP RESERVE REQUIREMENTS RISK MANAGEMENT SAVINGS SECURITIES SHAREHOLDERS SUBSIDIARIES SUBSIDIARY TAXATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/10/6350102/banks-abroad-branches-or-subsidiaries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8536

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How Banks Go Abroad : Branches or Subsidiaries?

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