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Capital Market Integration in Euroland: The Role of Banks

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  • Buch Claudia M.

    (Kiel Institute of World Economics,Kiel, Germany)

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The introduction of the euro marks a milestone in the process of European financial market integration. This paper analyzes the implications of the euro for cross-border banking activities. A portfolio model is used which captures the role of banks as providers of informational and of risk-diversification services. By eliminating exchange rate risks, the euro enhances the incentives of banks to expand within Euroland. Yet, while the currency bias in bank portfolios will be eliminated, the home bias will remain. Implications of market integration for the risk-taking and the monitoring of banks are not clear-cut.

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  • Buch Claudia M., 2000. "Capital Market Integration in Euroland: The Role of Banks," German Economic Review, De Gruyter, vol. 1(4), pages 443-464, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:germec:v:1:y:2000:i:4:p:443-464
    DOI: 10.1111/1468-0475.00021
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    1. El-Shagi Makram, 2012. "The Distorting Impact of Capital Controls," German Economic Review, De Gruyter, vol. 13(1), pages 41-55, February.
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    3. Tigran Poghosyan & Jakob De Haan, 2010. "Determinants of cross‐border bank acquisitions in transition economies," The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vol. 18(4), pages 671-696, October.
    4. David M. Kemme, 2000. "Russian Financial Transition: The Development of Institutions and Markets for Growth," William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series 455, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan.
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    6. Apergis, Nicholas & Tsoumas, Chris, 2009. "A survey of the Feldstein-Horioka puzzle: What has been done and where we stand," Research in Economics, Elsevier, vol. 63(2), pages 64-76, June.
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    JEL classification:

    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
    • F36 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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