What lies beneath the euro's effect on financial integration? Currency risk, legal harmonization, or trade?

Papaioannou, E, Kalemli-Ozcan, S and Peydro-Alcalde, J L (2010) What lies beneath the euro's effect on financial integration? Currency risk, legal harmonization, or trade? Journal of International Economics, 81 (1). pp. 75-88. ISSN 0022-1996

Abstract

Although recent research shows that the euro has spurred cross-border financial integration, the exact mechanisms remain unknown. We investigate the underlying channels of the euro's effect on financial integration using data on bilateral banking linkages among twenty industrial countries in the past thirty years. We also construct a dataset that records the timing of legislative–regulatory harmonization policies in financial services across the European Union. We find that the euro's impact on financial integration is primarily driven by eliminating the currency risk. Legislative–regulatory convergence has also contributed to the spur of cross-border financial transactions. Trade in goods, while highly correlated with bilateral financial activities, does not play a key role in explaining the euro's positive effect on financial integration.

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Item Type: Article
Subject Areas: Economics
Date Deposited: 17 May 2016 11:55
Last Modified: 21 Nov 2024 02:47
URI: https://lbsresearch.london.edu/id/eprint/382
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