Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/264486 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 2661
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
In this study, we reassess the links between commercial bank ownership and lending growth during the 1996-2019 period. We find evidence that the lending activities of foreign state-controlled and foreign privately owned banks differ, particularly during different crisis type periods and origins. Foreign state-controlled banks' loan growth rates are higher than those of foreign privateowned banks during host banking crises. By contrast, foreign state-controlled banks reduce their credit growth during a home banking crisis, while foreign private-owned banks increase lending in the host countries. Moreover, we find evidence that bank-specific characteristics were more important determinants of credit growth than ownership structure during the global financial crisis of 2008 and gain in importance in the post-crisis period.
Subjects: 
foreign banks
state-controlled banks
credit growth
crisis
internal capital market
JEL: 
G01
G21
G28
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-899-5110-4
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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