International Banking Library

The International Banking Library is a web-based platform for the exchange of research on cross-border banking. It provides access to data sources, academic research, both theoretical and empirical on cross-border banking, as well as information on regulatory initiatives. The International Banking Library is associated with the International Banking Research Network (IBRN), a research network of Central Banks worldwide. The International Banking Library addresses researchers, policymakers, and students of international banking and economics in search of comprehensive information on international banking issues.

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CEPR Discussion Paper – Risky firms and fragile banks: implications for macroprudential policy

Author(s):Tommaso Gasparini, Vivien Lewis, Stéphane Moyen, Stefania Villa Date:March 2024 Abstract: Increases in firm default risk raise the default probability of banks while decreasing output and inflation in US data. To rationalize the empirical evidence, we analyse firm risk shocks in a New Keynesian model where entrepreneurs and banks engage in a loan contract and[…]

NBER Working Paper – Banks in Space

Author(s):Ezra Oberfield, Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, Nicholas Trachter & Derek T. Wenning Date:March 2024 Abstract: We study the spatial expansion of banks in response to banking deregulation in the 1980s and 90s. During this period, large banks expanded rapidly, mostly by adding new branches in new locations, while many small banks exited. We document that large banks[…]

NBER Working Paper – Corporate Debt, Boom-Bust Cycles, and Financial Crises

Author(s):Victoria Ivashina, Ṣebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Luc Laeven, Karsten Müller Date:March 2024 Abstract: Using a new dataset on sectoral credit exposures covering financial and non-financial sectors in 115 economies over the period 1940–2014, we document the following evidence that corporate debt plays a key role in explaining boom-bust cycles, financial crises, and slow macroeconomic recoveries: (i) corporate[…]

NBER Working Paper – The Puzzling Persistence of Financial Crises

Author(s):Charles W. Calomiris, Matthew S. Jaremski Date:March 2024 Abstract: The high social costs of financial crises imply that economists, policymakers, businesses, and households have a tremendous incentive to understand, and try to prevent them. And yet, so far we have failed to learn how to avoid them. In this article, we take a novel approach[…]

BIS Quarterly Review – International finance through the lens of BIS statistics: residence vs nationality

Author(s):Patrick McGuire, Goetz von Peter and Sonya Zhu Date:March 2024 Abstract: Statistics used in international economics generally adopt a residence view, centred on an economy and the units located there. This is natural for understanding the geography of capital flows and other macroeconomic issues. However, the system of national accounts does not reflect the extent[…]

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Matias Ossandon Busch
Matias Ossandon Busch
Senior Economist at the Center for Latin American Monetary Studies
Lena Tonzer
Lena Tonzer
Professor at Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
ELEONORA SFRAPPINI
ELEONORA SFRAPPINI
Economist in the Department of Financial Markets