Globalization of Financial Institutions: Evidence from Cross-Border Banking Performance

116 Pages Posted: 8 Feb 2000

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Allen N. Berger

University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business

Robert DeYoung

University of Kansas School of Business

Hesna Genay

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Gregory F. Udell

Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance

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Date Written: March 21, 2001

Abstract

We address the causes, consequences, and implications of the cross-border consolidation of financial institutions by reviewing several hundred studies, providing comparative international data, and estimating cross-border banking efficiency in France, Germany, Spain, the U.K., and the U.S. during the 1990s. We find that, on average, domestic banks have higher profit efficiency than foreign banks. However, banks from at least one country (the U.S.) appear to operate with relatively high efficiency both at home and abroad. If these results continue to hold, they do not preclude successful international expansion by some financial firms, but they do suggest limits to global consolidation.

JEL Classification: G21, G28, G34, E58, L89

Suggested Citation

Berger, Allen N. and DeYoung, Robert and Genay, Hesna and Udell, Gregory F., Globalization of Financial Institutions: Evidence from Cross-Border Banking Performance (March 21, 2001). FRB Chicago Working Paper No. 1999-25, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=203509 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.203509

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Gregory F. Udell

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