On the determinants of bank interest margins under credit and interest rate risks |
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Institution: | 1. University of Florence, Italy;2. LUISS University and Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy;1. Catholic University of Brasilia, Brazil;2. Catholic University of Brasília, Graduate Program of Economics, SGAN 916, Office A-118, Brasilia-DF 70.790-160, Brazil |
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Abstract: | This paper explores the determinants of optimal bank interest margins based on a simple firm-theoretical model under multiple sources of uncertainty and risk aversion. The model demonstrates how cost, regulation, credit risk and interest rate risk conditions jointly determine the optimal bank interest margin decision. We find that the bank interest margin is positively related to the bank's market power, to the operating costs, to the degree of credit risk, and to the degree of interest rate risk. An increase in the bank's equity capital has a negative effect on the spread when the bank faces little interest rate risk. The effect of rising interbank market rate on the spread is ambiguous and depends on the net position of the bank in the interbank market. Our findings provide alternative explanations for the empirical evidence concerning bank spread behavior. |
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