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Gerstenberger, J., Schnabl, G. The Impact of the Bank of Japan’s Low-Interest Rate Policy on the Japanese Banking Sector. Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital, 54(4), 533-562. https://doi.org/10.3790/ccm.54.4.533
Gerstenberger, Juliane and Schnabl, Gunther "The Impact of the Bank of Japan’s Low-Interest Rate Policy on the Japanese Banking Sector" Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital 54.4, 2021, 533-562. https://doi.org/10.3790/ccm.54.4.533
Gerstenberger, Juliane/Schnabl, Gunther (2021): The Impact of the Bank of Japan’s Low-Interest Rate Policy on the Japanese Banking Sector, in: Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital, vol. 54, iss. 4, 533-562, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/ccm.54.4.533
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The Impact of the Bank of Japan’s Low-Interest Rate Policy on the Japanese Banking Sector

Gerstenberger, Juliane | Schnabl, Gunther

Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital, Vol. 54 (2021), Iss. 4 : pp. 533–562

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Juliane Gerstenberger, Seelenberger Straße 4, 60489 Frankfurt, Germany.

Prof. Dr. Gunther Schnabl, Leipzig University, Institute of Economic Policy, Grimmaische Straße 12, 04109 Leipzig.

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Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of the impact of the Bank of Japan’s low-interest rate policy on the banking sector in the wake of the 1998 Japanese financial crisis. We show how the low-cost liquidity provision as a means to stabilize banks has created a growing gap between deposits and loans in the financial system and how the low-interest rate policy has compressed interest margins as the traditional source of banks’ income. Efficiency scores are compiled to estimate the effect of the Bank of Japan’s monetary policy on banks’ technical efficiency. The estimation results provide evidence that the Japanese monetary policy has contributed to declining efficiency in the banking sector, despite – or possibly because of – the increasing concentration within this sector.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Juliane Gerstenberger / Gunther Schnabl: The Impact of the Bank of Japan’s Low-Interest Rate Policy on the Japanese Banking Sector 1
Abstract 1
I. Introduction 1
II. Japan’s Low-Interest Rate Policy and the Banking Sector 3
1. Declining Income 3
2. Alternative Sources of Income and Adjustment of Costs 6
III. Development of Japanese Banks’ Efficiency 9
1. Concept of Efficiency Measures 9
2. Input and Output Data 1
3. Results for Efficiency Scores 1
IV. Drivers of Japanese Bank Efficiency 1
1. Data and Estimation Framework 1
2. Estimation Results 2
V. Conclusion 2
References 2
A. Appendix 2
A1. Estimating Efficiency Scores 2

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