The Transmission of Monetary Policy Through Conventional and Islamic Banks

European Banking Center Discussion Paper No. 2011-018

CentER Working Paper Series No. 2011-078

56 Pages Posted: 19 Jul 2011 Last revised: 5 Feb 2013

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Sajjad Zaheer

State Bank of Pakistan

Steven Ongena

University of Zurich - Department Finance; Swiss Finance Institute; KU Leuven; NTNU Business School; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Sweder van Wijnbergen

Universiteit van Amsterdam; Tinbergen Institute; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Date Written: February 1, 2013

Abstract

We investigate the differences in banks’ responses to monetary policy shocks across bank size, liquidity, and type, i.e., conventional versus Islamic, in Pakistan between 2002:II to 2010:I. We find that following a monetary contraction, small banks with liquid balance sheets cut their lending less than other small banks. In contrast large banks maintain their lending irrespective of their liquidity positions. Islamic banks, though similar in size to small banks, respond to monetary policy shocks as large banks. Hence ceteris paribus the credit channel of monetary policy may weaken when Islamic banking grows in relative importance.

Keywords: Monetary policy, Islamic Banking, Pakistan

JEL Classification: E5, G2

Suggested Citation

Zaheer, Sajjad and Ongena, Steven R. G. and van Wijnbergen, Sweder, The Transmission of Monetary Policy Through Conventional and Islamic Banks (February 1, 2013). European Banking Center Discussion Paper No. 2011-018, CentER Working Paper Series No. 2011-078, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1888345 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1888345

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