Being a foreigner among domestic banks: Asset or liability?

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1276-1290

  Claessens, Stijn ^a,b   van Horen, Neeltje ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c DE NEDERLANDSCHE BANK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; International banking; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858296961     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2011.11.020     Document Type: Article

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