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Risk in International Banking

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This paper differentiates between country risk--the probability that a country will default on its obiigations--and two forms of international banking risk: (1) the extent to which a bank's foreign activities affect the cost of equity capital; and (2) the extent to which a bank's foreign activities affect the probability of bankruptcy. The paper focuses on the latter form of international banking risk.Using Chebyshev's Inequality, it is pointed out that the risk of bankruptcy is influenced by the mean as well as the variance of the return distribution. Consequently, restrictions on the (international) composition of a bank's portfolio may increase rather than reduce the probability of bankruptcy.

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  • Shapiro, Alan C., 1982. "Risk in International Banking," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 17(5), pages 727-739, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jfinqa:v:17:y:1982:i:05:p:727-739_01
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    1. Hassan, M. Kabir & Farhat, Joseph & Al-Zu'Bi, Bashir, 2003. "Dividend Signaling Hypothesis And Short-Term Asset Concentration Of Islamic Interest-Free Banking," Islamic Economic Studies, The Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), vol. 11, pages 2-30.
    2. So, Jacky C. & Nyerges, Richard T., 1995. "International loans and the risk-return behavior of commercial banks: Some evidence from the capital market," Global Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 6(2), pages 135-153.
    3. Mirakhor, Abbas, 1987. "Analysis of Short-Term Asset Concentration in Islamic Banking," MPRA Paper 56029, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Lim, Terence & Lo, Andrew W. & Merton, Robert C. & Scholes, Myron S., 2006. "The Derivatives Sourcebook," Foundations and Trends(R) in Finance, now publishers, vol. 1(5–6), pages 365-572, April.

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