THE EFFECTS OF FEES AND COMMISSIONS ON LOAN PRICING AND PROFITABILITY: THEORETICAL EVIDENCES
Abstract
Intensifying competition in the banking sector in the 1990’s increased the importance of the non-interest income activities for banks. Banks sought the ways of selling non-interest products and targeted their core costumers as a reaction against increasing competition. To fulfill their objectives, they introduced pricing strategies that connect interest and non- interest products. In this vein, price information level differences play a key role to turn good old days. This study theoretically extends the Kim et al. (2003)’s model by integrating the fees and commissions charged from the loan activities into the model in the presence of less- and well-informed customers. Theoretical extension shows that there is a negative relationship between loan price and, fees and commissions. Moreover, the study provides that this negative relationship helps banks to increase their profit by renting from less- informed loan customers.
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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
Economics
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Caner Gerek
This is me
Publication Date
September 1, 2017
Submission Date
April 1, 2017
Acceptance Date
August 1, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 6 Number: 2