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The Role of Foreign Banks in Five Central and Eastern European Countries

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  • Katalin Mérõ

    (Magyar Nemzeti Bank)

  • Marianna Endrész Valentinyi

    (Magyar Nemzeti Bank)

Abstract

During the last decade the development of the banking sectors in CEC5 countries was greatly determined by increasing presence of foreign banks. Foreign banks played a significant role in privatising, re-capitalising and modernising the banking sectors in the region. In this sense they contributed to stability. However the exceptionally high level of foreign ownership also raised concerns whether foreign banks threaten stability by propagating shocks outside the host country, doing cherry-picking or putting too much pressure on already troubled domestic banks. This paper summarises the empirical evidence on those issues. Our major contribution is the presentation of CEC5 countries’ experiences based on the up-to-date and rich information provided by individual case studies of the involved central banks. We outline the motives behind the entry of foreign banks, compare their performance relative to their domestic peers. By summarising the latest development in EU countries, we also highlight the differences between them and the accession CEC5 countries.

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  • Katalin Mérõ & Marianna Endrész Valentinyi, 2003. "The Role of Foreign Banks in Five Central and Eastern European Countries," MNB Working Papers 2003/10, Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Central Bank of Hungary).
    • Handle: RePEc:mnb:wpaper:2003/10
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    1. Abel, Istvan & Siklos, Pierre L., 2004. "Secrets to the successful Hungarian bank privatization: the benefits of foreign ownership through strategic partnerships," Economic Systems, Elsevier, vol. 28(2), pages 111-123, June.
    2. Renzo Orsi & Katarzyna Zukrowska, 2004. "Policy Advice: Markets and Policies," Eastward Enlargement of the Euro-zone Working Papers wp20, Free University Berlin, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, revised 01 Feb 2004.
    3. Škrabić Perić, Blanka & Rimac Smiljanić, Ana & Aljinović, Zdravka, 2018. "Credit risk of subsidiaries of foreign banks in CEE countries: Impacts of the parent bank and home country economic environment," The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 46(C), pages 49-69.

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    Keywords

    banks; foreign ownership.;

    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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