Determinants of Interest Margins in Colombia

Número: 
393
Publicado: 
Clasificación JEL: 
L11, L41, L89, G21
Palabras clave: 
Interest Margins, Competition, Credit risk, Interest Rate Risk.

This paper analyzes the determinants of interest margins in the Colombian Financial System. Based on the model by Ho and Saunders (1981), interest margins are modelled as a function of the pure spread and bank-specific institutional imperfections using qu