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Journal of Finance 1984

The Effect of Interest Rate Changes on the Common Stock Returns of Financial Institutions

Mark J. Flannery; Christopher M. James

Abstract

This paper examines the relation between the interest rate sensitivity of common stock returns and the maturity composition of the firm's nominal contracts. Using a sample of actively traded commerical banks and stock savings and loan associations, common stock returns are found to be correlated with interest rate changes. The co-movement of stock returns and interest rate changes is positively related to the size of the maturity difference between the firm's nominal assets and liabilities.

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10.2307/2327618
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