Financial Intermediation, Monetary Uncertainty, and Bank Interest Margins
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Financial Intermediation, Monetary Uncertainty, and Bank Interest Margins
Financial Intermediation, Monetary Uncertainty, and Bank Interest Margins |
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Hernández, Leonardo
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This paper studies a simple model of financial intermediation in order to understand how the lending-borrowing spread or interest margin) charged by financial intermediaries is determined in equilibrium in a monetary economy. The main conclusion of the paper concerns the effect on the spread of changes in the distribution of monetary innovations. Thus, changes in the monetary-policy-rule followed by the Central Bank which alter the volatility of inflation will have important effects on the interest margin and also on the amount of credit available to investors. A crosssection empirical analysis strongly supports our hypothesis:
Financial Intermediation, Monetary Uncertainty, and Bank Interest Margins |
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Universidad Alberto Hurtado - Facultad de Economía y Negocios
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2010-03-11
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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application/pdf
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http://www.rae-ear.org/index.php/rae/article/view/227
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Revista de Análisis Económico - Economic Analysis Review; Vol 7, No 2 (1992); 23-42
Revista de Análisis Económico – Economic Analysis Review; Vol 7, No 2 (1992); 23-42 0718-8870 0716-5927 |
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eng
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http://www.rae-ear.org/index.php/rae/article/view/227/453
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