The Analysis of Yields of Regional Financial Institutions against the Benchmark Based on Sharpe Ratios
17 Pages Posted: 2 Dec 2012
Date Written: November 30, 2012
Abstract
Owing to persistent deflation and low and stable long-term interest rates, the average loan-to-deposit ratio of Japanese financial institutions has declined, while the average JGB-holding ratio of them has increased gradually over the past decade. To analyze the attitude of regional financial institutions in Japan as risk-takers, firstly, we estimated the benchmark portfolio consists of loans and JGBs which maximize its Sharpe ratio after the collapse of the bubble economy. Secondly, we calculate the logarithmic values of the variances of actual yields on the interest earning assets of them from FY 2001 to FY 2010. Thirdly, we conduct an empirical analysis to know what attributes of them have much effect on the logarithmic values of variances. It means that we analyze what regional financial institutions tried to increase their loans at their own discretion.
Keywords: Regional Financial Institutions, Sharpe Ratio, Rules versus Discretions
JEL Classification: G21, G23
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