Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/17808 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1254
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for World Economics (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
Changes in foreign asset holdings are one channel through which agents adjust to macroeconomic shocks. In this paper, we test whether foreign bank assets change as a result of domestic and foreign macroeconomic shocks. We frame our empirical analysis in a standard new open economy macro model in which financial markets are imperfectly integrated. We test the implications of this model using dynamic panel models for changes in foreign bank assets. We find evidence that nominal interest rate differentials and inflation differentials drive changes in foreign bank assets permanently, while growth rate differentials and exchange rates have only a temporary effect.
Subjects: 
international banking
macroeconomic shocks
JEL: 
F3
F41
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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