Cooperation in International Banking Supervision

48 Pages Posted: 9 Aug 2005

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Cornelia Holthausen

European Central Bank (ECB); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Thomas Rønde

University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics; Center for Economic and Business Research (CEBR); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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Date Written: April 2005

Abstract

This paper analyzes cooperation among national supervisors in the decision to close a multinational bank. The supervisors are asymmetrically informed and exchange information through 'cheap talk'. It is assumed that they consider domestic welfare only. We show that: (1) the supervisors will commit mistakes both of 'type I' and 'type II' in the closure decision; (2) the more aligned national interests are, the higher is welfare resulting from the closure decision; (3) the bank can allocate its investments strategically to escape closure; (4) allocating the decision right to an uninformed supranational supervisor can improve closure regulation, especially when interests are very disaligned.

Keywords: Multinational banks, supervision, closure, cheap talk

JEL Classification: F36, G21, G28, L51

Suggested Citation

Holthausen, Cornelia and Rønde, Thomas, Cooperation in International Banking Supervision (April 2005). CEPR Discussion Paper No. 4990, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=772004

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