Determinants of the Rate of Return on Commercial Bank Assets in the United States, 1959-1998

Cebula, Richard (2000): Determinants of the Rate of Return on Commercial Bank Assets in the United States, 1959-1998. Published in: The Journal of American Academy of Business , Vol. 12, No. 1 (30 September 2001): pp. 157-159.

Abstract

This exploratory note empirically investigates determinants of the annual percentage rate of return on commercial bank assets over the period 1959-1998. The findings indicate that this rate of return has been an increasing function of the average annual interest rate yield on three-year U.S. Treasury notes and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 and a decreasing function of inflation, the percentage unemployment rate, and the increased competition that began in the 1980’s.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: rate of return; commercial bank performance; Treasury note yield; competition; unemployment rate
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy > E24 - Employment ; Unemployment ; Wages ; Intergenerational Income Distribution ; Aggregate Human Capital ; Aggregate Labor Productivity; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E4 - Money and Interest Rates > E41 - Demand for Money; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E4 - Money and Interest Rates > E43 - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects; G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G21 - Banks ; Depository Institutions ; Micro Finance Institutions ; Mortgages

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