â â â â  kangwon national university, south korea â â yonsei university, south korea â â  [1] â  kangwon national university, south korea â â â  abstract â  t his paper aims to understand the structure and determinants of international bank l ending among apec economies. specifically, this paper first aims to analyze whether australia canada japan chinese taipei and the united states, which are...

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T his paper aims to understand the structure and determinants of international bank l ending among APEC economies. Specifically, this paper first aims to analyze whether Australia Canada Japan Chinese Taipei and the United States, which are the only APEC members for which international borrowing data are available, tend to lend more intensively to other APEC members than to non-APEC countries ....