01777cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF011615 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781463931155 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Horen, Neeltje. Foreign Banks : Trends, Impact and Financial Stability / Neeltje Horen, Stijn Claessens. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012. 1 online resource (40 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper introduces a comprehensive database on bank ownership for 137 countries over 1995-2009, and reviews foreign bank behavior and impact. It documents substantial increases in foreign bank presence, with many more home and host countries. Current market shares of foreign banks average 20 percent in OECD countries and 50 percent elsewhere. Foreign banks have higher capital and more liquidity, but lower profitability than domestic banks do. Only in developing countries is foreign bank presence negatively related with domestic credit creation. During the global crisis foreign banks reduced credit more compared to domestic banks, except when they dominated the host banking systems. Mode of access: Internet Claessens, Stijn. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/010 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2012/010/001.2012.issue-010-en.xml IMF e-Library