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The Impact of Banking Deregulation on Canadian Banks Returns

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  • Christian Calmès

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    (Département des sciences administratives, Université du Québec (Outaouais), et LRSP)

  • Raymond Théoret

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    (Département de stratégie des affaires, Université du Québec (Montréal), et Chaire d'information financière et organisationnelle)

Abstract

This paper revisits the impact of OBS activities on Canadian banks risk-return trade-off. Recent studies (Stiroh and Rumble 2006, Calmès and Liu 2007) suggest that increasing OBS activities do not necessarily yield straightforward diversification benefits. However, adding a risk premium to earlier accounting returns models by resorting to an ARCH-M procedure, an updated sample reveals that the Canadian banks risk-return trade-off displays a structural break, around 1997. In the second subperiod (1997-2007) of our sample, we find that the share of noninterest income no longer negatively impacts banks returns. Relatedly, we find that a risk premium emerges while, in the first period (1988-1996), the volatility variable is not significant in any returns equations. Our results are thus consistent with a maturation process story.

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Paper provided by Département des sciences administratives, UQO in its series RePAd Working Paper Series with number UQO-DSA-wp022009.

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Length: 38 pages
Date of creation: 12 Jan 2009
Handle: RePEc:pqs:wpaper:022009
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Keywords: Regulatory changes; Noninterest income; Diversification; Structural break; Risk premium.;

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  • G20 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - General
  • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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