Crisis Transmission in the Global Banking Network

By Galina Hale, Tümer Kapan, Camelia Minoiu

April 12, 2016

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Galina Hale, Tümer Kapan, and Camelia Minoiu. Crisis Transmission in the Global Banking Network, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2016) accessed November 21, 2024

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Summary

We study the transmission of financial sector shocks across borders through international bank connections. For this purpose, we use data on long-term interbank loans among more than 6,000 banks during 1997-2012 to construct a yearly global network of interbank exposures. We estimate the effect of direct (first-degree) and indirect (second-degree) exposures to countries experiencing systemic banking crises on bank profitability and loan supply. We find that direct exposures to crisis countries squeeze banks' profit margins, thereby reducing their returns. Indirect exposures to crisis countries enhance this effect, while indirect exposures to non-crisis countries mitigate it. Furthermore, crisis exposures have real effects in that they reduce banks' supply of domestic and cross-border loans. Our results, based on a large global sample, support the notion that interconnected financial systems facilitate shock transmission.

Subject: Bank credit, Banking, Banking crises, Financial crises, Financial institutions, Foreign currency exposure, Loans, Money, Syndicated loans, Systemic crises

Keywords: Balance sheet, Bank level, Bank performance, Bank type, Banking crises, Commercial bank, Crisis exposure, Financial networks, Foreign currency exposure, Global, Loans, Long-term interbank exposures, Return on assets, Shock transmission, Syndicated loan, Syndicated loans, Systemic banking crises, Systemic crises, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

38
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Working Paper No. 2016/091
Stock No:

WPIEA2016091
ISBN:

9781475551341
ISSN:

1018-5941

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