European Academic Research ISSN 2286-4822
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Article Name :
Analyzing the Determinants of Net Interest Margin of Banks in Pakistan
Author Name :
TAYYABA RANI, FARMAN ULLAH KHAN, ZIA UR RAHMAN, USMAN ULLAH KHAN
Publisher :
Bridge Center
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Abstract :
The purpose of this study is to examine the determinants of Net Interest Margin of banks in Pakistan under financial variables (operating expense, capital adequacy, bank size, credit risk, Liquidity and the specific industry factor is Market power. In order to avoid spurious regression, Levin, Lin and Chu (2002) tests was applied to check the stationarity of the data. The study carried out Fixed effect model and Hausman test using Panel data spanning from 2007 to 2013. The results suggested that operating expense has the positive and most significant effect on banks’ interest margin. The higher costs of operating expense are transferred to customers either by increasing the lending rate or by reducing the deposit rate, resulting in higher interest margin. Credit risk, Bank size and Liquidity and capital adequacy have negative relationship with Interest Margin.
Keywords :
Net interest margin, Panel data, Pakistan. JEL classification: G21, P34

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