Do Foreign Bank Affiliates Cut Their Lending More than the Domestic Banks in a Financial Crisis?

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Dekle ◽  
Mihye Lee
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Foreign Bank ◽  
Domestic Banks

Foreign Banks in the Crisis

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel A. Epstein
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Bank Lending ◽  
Foreign Ownership ◽  
Foreign Bank ◽  
Foreign Banks ◽  
Market Model ◽  
Unexpected Finding ◽  
East Central Europe ◽  
East Central

One reason governments have protected their banks from foreign ownership is that they feared foreign-owned banks would “cut and run”—i.e. abandon their host markets—in a financial crisis. An unexpected finding of this chapter, however, is that while foreign banks’ commitments to host markets have indeed been fleeting in crises, those commitments were weakest when the relationship between foreign banks and host markets was not characterized by ownership. Thus it was foreign ownership through a “second home market” model and bank subsidiaries during the acute phase of the US financial crisis (2008–9) that saved East Central Europe from economic catastrophe. In Western Europe, meanwhile, where foreign bank ownership levels were low but cross-border lending was significant, bank lending retreated behind national borders. This chapter also rejects the argument that the Vienna Initiative, a voluntary bank rollover agreement, compelled foreign-owned banks to maintain their exposures in East Central Europe.

THE FOREIGN BANK EFFECT ON VALUE CREATION IN COMMERCIAL BANKS INCORPORATED IN THAILAND

2008 ◽  
Vol 53 (02) ◽  
pp. 215-244
Author(s):  
CHANTAL HERBERHOLZ
Keyword(s):  
Performance Measures ◽  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Foreign Bank ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Beneficial Impact ◽  
Domestic Banks ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Traditional Performance

Using quarterly bank-level data over the period 1997–2005, this paper examines the effect of foreign bank presence on commercial banks incorporated in Thailand, using traditional and value-based performance measures as indicators of the degree of competition and proxies for the efficiency in the provision of banking services. The findings suggest that foreign bank presence is not only beneficial in terms of traditional performance measures, but also in terms of economic profit. The results with respect to economic value added and cash value added, however, cast some doubt over the presumed benefits of opening up, underlining the importance of using a proxy that considers the cost of equity and departs from standard accounting principles. Furthermore, the results indicate that foreign entry through the acquisition of domestic banks appears to have a stronger and more beneficial impact on locally incorporated banks than through the establishment of branches, with majority ownership by a foreign blockholder being of importance.

Global Financial Crisis and Bank Productivity in Mexico

2015 ◽  
pp. 581-599
Author(s):  
Francisco Vargas Serrano ◽  
Luis Rentería Guerrero ◽  
Gang Cheng ◽  
Panagiotis D. Zervopoulos ◽  
Arnulfo Castellanos Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Malmquist Index ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Domestic Banks ◽  
Productivity Indicators ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

This chapter presents an attempt to compare the productivity of the Mexican banking sector in two different periods: the 2007-2011 period of global financial crisis and the 2003-2006 stage, which can be regarded as a relatively stable period. The purpose of this study is to disclose whether the global financial crisis affected Mexican banking productivity. Three Data Envelopment Models (DEA) are tested in order to assess whether there is a significant difference between the productivity patterns of Mexican banks before and after the financial crisis. Such models are the radial Malmquist Index, the non-radial and slacks-based model, and non-radial and non-oriented. Essentially, no significant difference of productivity indicators for both foreign and domestic banks was found. Likewise, no significant difference between the pre- and post-crisis periods was perceived, as far as productivity indicators are concerned. Therefore, the global financial crisis was effectless in banking operation.

Impact of financial liquidity and solvency on cost efficiency: evidence from US banking system

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 391-410
Author(s):  
Kekoura Sakouvogui ◽  
Saleem Shaik
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Cost Efficiency ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Tobit Regression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Financial Liquidity ◽  
Domestic Banks ◽  
The Cost

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the importance of financial liquidity and solvency on US commercial and domestic banks’ cost efficiency while accounting for internal and external factors. Design/methodology/approach The Stochastic Frontier Analysis and Data Envelopment Analysis estimators are used to estimate the cost efficiency of 11,044  US commercial and domestic banks from 2005 to 2017. Using Tobit regression model, the importance of financial liquidity and solvency on cost efficiency is examined. Findings The results provide evidence that the financial liquidity and solvency negatively impact the cost efficiency of US commercial and domestic banks. Overall, US commercial and domestic banks were inefficient during the financial crisis in comparison to the tranquil period. The importance of financial solvency on the cost efficiency was not statistically significant, while the financial liquidity negatively collapsed because of contagion. Finally, the results provide evidence that the amount of total assets matters in the improvement of the cost efficiency. Originality/value This paper estimates and identifies the 2007-2009 financial crisis with liquidity, solvency or both financial factors.

scholarly journals Navigating the financial crisis in Helvetic Waters: An analysis of the banking sector (2007-09)

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-78
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Paulet ◽  
Francesc Relano
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Characteristic Structure ◽  
International Banks ◽  
Business Approach ◽  
Domestic Banks

As has been argued throughout this paper, the different way in which banks have been affected by the crisis is closely linked to their distinct business model. Consequently, the characteristic structure of the balance sheet in big banks and ethical banks is correlated with their divergent dynamic during the crisis. While the financial turmoil has left the business approach of ethical banks unchanged, as evidenced in the striking stability of their balance sheet from 2007 to 2009, the pattern shown by big banks has substantially changed over this same period. These developments would tend to suggest the need to reform the business model of big banks. There is no clear empirical evidence that a banking system with a large number of small institutions would be any more stable than the system as it currently stands. Besides, financing certain big projects would always require the existence of large international banks. Both types of financial institutions are in fact complementary. How to regulate the banking and financial sector is thus a complex and multifaceted issue. One cannot impose the same requirements on big international-oriented banks and small domestic banks. As this paper has tried to demonstrate, both have a distinct business model.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL SHOCK TO INTERNATIONAL BANK LENDING IN INDONESIA

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-110
Author(s):  
Tumpak Silalahi ◽  
Wahyu Ari Wibowo ◽  
Linda Nurlian
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Bank Lending ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Foreign Bank ◽  
International Bank ◽  
Global Banking ◽  
Foreign Affiliates ◽  
Push And Pull ◽  
The Impact

This study intends to determine whether a shock that occurred in developed countries, the source of funding, was transmitted to Indonesia through international bank lending both directly and indirectly. The methods used estimated the determinants of international bank lending. International bank lending is one form of capital flows that have the potential for rapid reversal and that can lead to a financial crisis as it has in the past. Understanding the determinants of bank lending is important as it can be used to mitigate the impact of a financial crisis in the future. The empirical results showed that international bank lending, either directly or indirectly, contributed to the Indonesian crisis. During the shock, Indonesia saw global banking contract financing. It was also found that credit activities by foreign affiliates in Indonesia saw a contraction in the country of the parent bank during the shock. However, it was found that the bank lending by foreign affiliates, as joint ventureswere more stable compared to the branch offices of a foreign bank. In aggregate, international bank lending is affected by push and pulls factors such as economic growth (in developed countries and Indonesia), risk factors, and liquidity conditions, both in Indonesia and globally. As for micro-banking models, other than the push and pull factors, the bank balance sheet and other portfolio assets also affected bank lending activities to Indonesia. Keywords: Global Financial Shocks, Foreign Affiliates, International Bank Lending, transmission path,dynamic panel.JEL Classification: C33, E51, G15

scholarly journals Foreign bank entry impacted domestic-owned banks in Ghana from 1975 to 2008

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 40-53
Author(s):  
Nsiah Acheampong
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Foreign Bank ◽  
Foreign Banks ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
Foreign Bank Entry ◽  
Domestic Banks ◽  
Bank Entry

This article empirically examines the effects of foreign bank entry on the financial performance of Merchant Bank Ghana Limited and Ghana Commercial Banks Limited in Ghana from 1975 to 2008. The main result of the pooled regression was that foreign bank entry relatively increased domestic banks’ return on assets for the period 1992-2008; a period with a high influx of foreign banks into Ghana. This result supported the studies by Beck, Demirguc-Kunt, and Levine (2006) and Boldrin and Levine (2009) that found that foreign bank entry enhanced domestic banks profitability margins. The presence of foreign-owned banks was not detrimental to the financial performance of the domestic-owned banks in Ghana.

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