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Banking Leverage with Currency Diversification

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The brutal adjustments of global banks' balance sheet regarding economic activity have rekindled discussions about the procyclicality of the banking leverage. During economic bursts, the collateral value of banks decreases and their risk-taking capacity is reduced. Banks raise less funds and their leverage - defined as total asset over equity - goes down: the leverage is pro-cyclical. The paper investigates the procyclicality of bank leverage when banks can borrow and invest in two different currencies, as it is the case especially for European banks. To the extent that shocks are asymmetric, we find that currency diversification may reduce the procyclicality of the leverage and that floating exchange rate increases the risk-taking capacity of banks.

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  • Justine Pedrono, 2015. "Banking Leverage with Currency Diversification," AMSE Working Papers 1539, Aix-Marseille School of Economics, France, revised Sep 2015.
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    procyclical leverage; global banks; currency diversification; collateral.;
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    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
    • F4 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets

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