Interest Rate Determination in Lebanon / / Tushar Poddar, Mangal Goswami, Juan Sole, Victor Echévarria Icaza

• Autore: Poddar Tushar
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (24 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Interest rates - Lebanon - Econometric models; Country risk - Lebanon - Econometric models; Banks and Banking; Money and Monetary Policy; Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects; Monetary Policy; Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill; Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General; Finance; Banking; Financial services law & regulation; Monetary economics; Deposit rates; International reserves; Exchange rate risk; Interbank rates; Monetary base; Financial services; Central banks; Financial regulation and supervision; Money; Interest rates; Foreign exchange reserves; Financial risk management; Money supply
• Soggetto geografico: United States
• Altri autori: GoswamiMangal SoleJuan IcazaVictor Echévarria
• Note generali: "April 2006."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND""; ""III. EMPIRICAL STRATEGY""; ""IV. TRENDS IN INTEREST RATES""; ""V. RESULTS""; ""VI. DISCUSSION""; ""VII. CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""
• Sommario/riassunto: This paper seeks to understand how interest rates are formed in Lebanon, by focusing on the pass-through from benchmark rates, prevailing liquidity conditions, and the main characteristics of the Lebanese economy, notably its open capital account, fixed exchange rate, high government borrowing requirement, large public debt, and high degree of deposit dollarization. We find that international interest rates are an important element in the determination of interest rates in Lebanon. In particular, the pass-through of global benchmark rates to interest rates on sovereign bonds is about 70 percent. The less-than-complete pass-through could be attributed to a home-bias effect reflecting a relatively stable and dedicated investor base. The study also shows that interest rates in Lebanon are affected by liquidity conditions as well as perceived sovereign risk.
• Titolo autorizzato: Interest Rate Determination in Lebanon
• ISBN: 1-4623-5889-6; 1-4527-5822-0; 1-282-54214-1; 1-4519-0888-1; 9786613822093
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788526803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; ; No. 2006/094