Cross-border Banking and the Circumvention of Macroprudential and Capital Control Measures

Download or read book Cross-border Banking and the Circumvention of Macroprudential and Capital Control Measures written by Mr.Eugenio M Cerutti and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We analyze the joint impact of macroprudential and capital control measures on cross-border banking flows, while controlling for multidimensional aspects in lender-and-borrower-relationships (e.g., distance, cultural proximity, microprudential regulations). We uncover interesting spillover effects from both types of measures when applied either by lender or borrowing countries, with many of them most likely associated with circumvention or arbitrage incentives. While lender countries’ macroprudential policies reduce direct cross-border banking outflows, they are associated with larger outflows through local affiliates. Direct cross-border inflows are higher in borrower countries with more usage of macroprudential policies, and are linked to circumvention motives. In the case of capital controls, most spillovers seem to be present through local affiliates. We do not find evidence to support the idea that additional capital inflow controls could interact with macro-prudential policies to mitigate cross-border spillovers.