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Intra-Group Cross-Border Credit and Roll-Over Risks in CESEE – Evidence from Austrian Banks

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  • Markus Hameter

    (Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Credit Division)

  • Mathias Lahnsteiner

    (Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Foreign Research Division)

  • Ursula Vogel

    (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management)

Abstract

During the last decade several CESEE countries built up high external liabilities vis-à-vis foreign banking sectors, with Austrian banks being important creditors. The provision of crossborder credit allowed for rapid financial deepening in many of these countries but also led to a build-up of vulnerabilities to negative spillovers. This study points out that Austrian banks granted a considerable part of direct cross-border credit to affiliated borrowers in CESEE, in particular to their own bank subsidiaries. To our knowledge, this is the first paper that examines the differences between direct cross-border lending to affiliates and direct crossborder lending to nonaffiliates. Our analysis shows that intra-group cross-border credit from Austrian banks was more stable than lending to nonaffiliated borrowers during the 2008/09 financial crisis period. We argue that this is due to lower information asymmetries and parent banks’ efforts to provide their subsidiaries with liquidity in times of financial distress to support their investments.

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  • Markus Hameter & Mathias Lahnsteiner & Ursula Vogel, 2012. "Intra-Group Cross-Border Credit and Roll-Over Risks in CESEE – Evidence from Austrian Banks," Financial Stability Report, Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austrian Central Bank), issue 23, pages 72-87.
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    Keywords

    Financial stability; banking sector; Central and Eastern Europe; refinancing; funding; capital flows; roll-over; financial crisis;
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    JEL classification:

    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill

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