The Effects of Interest-Bearing Required Reserves on Bank Portfolio Riskiness

Douglas W. Mitchell

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 1982, vol. 17, issue 2, 209-216

Abstract: This paper uses the portfolio theory approach to bank behavior theory in order to examine the effects of two Fed policy variables on bank portfolio riskiness. The policy variables are (1) the level of the reserve requirement against NOW accounts, and (2) the rate of interest paid by the Fed on bank reserves. This second policy variable is currently zero-valued in nominal terms, but in recent years there has been some discussion of raising it, especially now that interest is paid by banks on checkable accounts. (For an early discussion see Tobin [8].)

Date: 1982
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