Konferenzbeitrag

Banking sectors' international interconnectedness: Implications for consumption risk sharing in Europe

Cross-border asset and liability holdings allow countries to insulate their consumption streams from idiosyncratic output shocks, i.e. consumption risk sharing. More cross-border asset holdings are associated with more risk sharing. By contrast, a bank’s interconnectedness is regarded as an indicator of its exposure to systemic risk. International interbank asset holdings could hence positively or negatively affect international consumption risk sharing. This paper provides evidence in favour of the latter hypothesis. A country’s ability to achieve consumption risk sharing decreases if banks located in that country are strongly linked to other countries’ banks.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2011: Die Ordnung der Weltwirtschaft: Lektionen aus der Krise - Session: Financial Integration ; No. G6-V1

Classification
Wirtschaft
Financial Institutions and Services: General
Economic Integration
Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
Subject
banking sector
cross-border assets
consumption risk sharing
interconnectedness
systemic risk

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Nitschka, Thomas
Event
Veröffentlichung
(when)
2011

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  • Nitschka, Thomas

Time of origin

  • 2011

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