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The exchange rate exposure of U.S. and Japanese banking institutions
In this paper, we examine the foreign exchange exposure of a sample of U.S. and Japanese banking firms. Using daily data, we construct estimates of the exchange rate sensitivity of the equity returns of the U.S. bank holding companies and compare them to those of a sample of Japanese banks. We find that the stock returns of a significant fraction of the U.S. companies move with the exchange rate, while few of the Japanese returns that we observe do so. We next examine more closely the sensitivity of the U.S. firms by linking the U.S. estimates cross-sectionally to accounting-based ...
Conference Paper
Comments on banking and commerce: lessons from Japan
Working Paper
Bank charter value and the viability of the Japanese convoy system
This paper compares the performance of a convoy banking system, similar to that which prevailed in Japan, to a fixed-premium deposit insurance regime. Under this system, failed banks are merged with healthy banks, rather than closed, so that the banking system itself provides the safety net for guaranteed deposits. While neither regime is generally preferable over the other, the results show that the performance of the convoy system is more sensitive to changes in bank charter values and the overall health of the banking system. The recent breakdown of the convoy system may therefore be ...
Conference Paper
The evolution of Japanese banking: isolation to globalization
Conference Paper
Japanese banking and corporate finance in transition
Working Paper
A primer on the Japanese banking system
This paper examines the effects of the liberalization of the Japanese financial system in the past twenty years. The changes are viewed in terms of their current and potential future impact on the Japanese banking industry. The purpose of this paper is to provide a discussion of the situation facing the banking system during the present transition period between the highly segmented and regulated financial system of the post-war high growth period, and the liberalized, financially deregulated environment toward which the Japanese regulatory authorities aspire.
Journal Article
The shrinking of Japanese branch business lending in California
Journal Article
Japan passes again on fundamental financial reform
Conference Paper
Capital positions of Japanese banks
Conference Paper
Deregulation and competition in Japanese banking