for stimulating discussions and helpful suggestions. The paper also benefited from comments by participants in IMF's Western Hemisphere Department seminar. We are also grateful to Stijn Classens and Neeltje van Horen for providing access to their data on foreign banks. Nakul Kapoor is thanked for excellent research assistance and Helen Lyons for superb editorial assistance. The authors retain full responsibility for errors and omissions.
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