Determinants of bank net interest margins in Fiji, a small island developing state
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Sharma, P
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This article investigates the determinants of Net Interest Margins (NIM) of banks in Fiji, a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) in the South Pacific, over the period 2000-2010. Based mainly on the Ho and Saunders' (1981) dealership model and extensions thereto, this study uses a number of panel data estimation techniques to control for possible heterogeneity across banks and various assumptions about errors. Consistent with the theoretical model, NIM has a positive association with implicit interest payment, operating cost, market power and credit risk, and a negative association with the quality of management and liquidity risk. However, the association with bank capital and opportunity cost of required reserves do not conform to expectations. Policy implications are discussed.
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Applied Financial Economics
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22
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19
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© 2012 Taylor & Francis. This is an electronic version of an article published in Applied Financial Economics, Volume 22, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 1647-1654. Applied Financial Economics is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com with the open URL of your article.
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Applied economics
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Banking, finance and investment