Do Bank Stockholders Share the Burden of Required Reserve Tax? Evidence from Turkey

Mahir Binici and Bülent Köksal

Working Papers from Research and Monetary Policy Department, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

Abstract: This study examines whether bank shareholders bear the burden of required reserves tax by analyzing the reaction of banks� stock returns to the changes in the required reserve ratio. Results show that increases in reserve requirements significantly lower bank returns implying that shareholders share a portion of the required reserve tax. Required reserves changes are partially predicted by investors, and increases and decreases in required reserve rates have an asymmetric effect on stock returns. In addition, large and public banks bear a larger share of the tax, and the remuneration of reserves has important implications for the tax burden. Finally, some heterogeneity across banks exists as reflected by differences in the signs and magnitudes of the estimated coefficients.

Keywords: Stock returns; required reserves tax; monetary policy; tax incidence; Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE); Turkey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E52 E58 G20 G21 G28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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