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Spanish banks’ internationalisation strategy: characteristics and comparison

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  • Isabel Argimón

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Banks’ international strategy and the way in which they have expanded are explanatory factors for the economic effects of their activity. Based on information from individual institutions, the internationalisation strategies of banks based in Spain, the Netherlands and the United States have been compared. In addition, in the Spanish case, whether banks’ risk, efficiency, return and income source type differ according to the chosen model of internationalisation has been tested. The results of this comparison point to Spanish banks with subsidiaries and branches abroad having higher returns but also higher costs than banks whose foreign business is mainly cross-border.

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  • Isabel Argimón, 2019. "Spanish banks’ internationalisation strategy: characteristics and comparison," Economic Bulletin, Banco de España, issue MAR.
    • Handle: RePEc:bde:journl:y:2019:i:3:d:aa:n:1
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    Keywords

    global financial institutions; business models; geographical diversification;
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    JEL classification:

    • E5 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit
    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
    • F4 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance
    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services

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