Banks' foreign claims in the aftermath of the 2008 crisis: Institutional response, financial efficiency, and integration of cross-border banking in the Euro area

Beyond financial stability as the European Banking Union's primary objective, the European capital market integration provides an impetus for deepening bank integration and greater financial market efficiency. This article proposes an empirical framework to assess the dynamics of euro area bank...

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Published in:Journal of risk and financial management Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 1 - 17
Main Authors: Warin, Thierry, Stojkov, Aleksandar
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Basel MDPI 01.02.2021
MDPI AG
Subjects:
Banking industry
Banks
Borrowing
capital flows
Econometrics
Economic crisis
Efficiency
Eurozone
financial regulation
International finance
Regulation of financial institutions
Securities markets
Sovereign debt
Systems stability
Europe
ISSN:1911-8074, 1911-8066, 1911-8074
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Summary:Beyond financial stability as the European Banking Union's primary objective, the European capital market integration provides an impetus for deepening bank integration and greater financial market efficiency. This article proposes an empirical framework to assess the dynamics of euro area banks' business networking. We use banks' foreign claims across Europe, particularly the euro area, to see how banks react to various macroeconomic signals. Banks' foreign claims are particularly interesting due to their sensitivity. One of the main conclusions is that the euro area has seen a reallocation of capital in the aftermath of the 2008 crisis. The financial picture of Europe is different after the recent financial crisis. Although we observe a re-concentration of capital from the periphery to the core countries, we also observe some signs of recovered confidence within the European banking framework for macro-prudential reasons.
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ISSN:1911-8074
1911-8066
1911-8074
DOI:10.3390/jrfm14020061