Gap Analysis Model

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In the research “Interest rate risk in the Indian banking system” of Ila Patnaik and Ajay Shah (2002) studied the interest rate risk measurement of sample of major banks in Indian, they used two methods. The first method consists of estimation on the impact upon equity capital of standardized interest rate shocks to find that “approximately two-thirds of the banks in the sample stand to gain or lose over 25% of equity capital if the interest rate moves 320 basis points”. It is found that with the use of the second method to measure the elasticity of bank stock prices to interest rate fluctuations, “the stock prices of about one-third of the sample banks had significant sensitivities”.
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Kaufman stated in his research “ Measuring and managing interest rate risk: A primer” said that the duration model is an accurate tool for measuring interest rate risk of a financial institution despite of its high cost and complicated application. Banks and other depository institutions should consider use of duration analysis to measure and manage interest rate risk exposure reliably. Marek Ličák (2014) stated in “ On the measurement of interest rate risk” that: “duration, similarly as gap analysis, is founded on static view of the size and structure of financial flows, which significantly limits the use of the results of such measurements for strategic purposes. “The duration gap method, in contrast to gap analysis. Provides a more comprehensive view of interest rate risk”. After performing appropriate modifications, leading to an overall coverage of the basic interest sources, the duration gap method can serve as the main instrument for measuring interest rate risk. Dan Armeanu, Florentina-Olivia Bãlu and Carmen Obreja (2008) said in the article: “Interest rate risk management using duration gap methodology” that: the article took a short look at the methods for measuring interest rate risk and then explained and demonstrated how the duration gap model can be utilized for measuring and managing interest rate risk in banks. In “Can an accounting based duration model effectively measure interest rate sensitivity” of Gregory E. Sierra (2009) concluded that sophisticated banks can utilize accounting information together with duration analysis as a proxy to forecast the sensitivity of interest rate of banks and publicly traded firm that banks are keeping the transactions. Rahul Chaudhury (2013) concluded in the research “ Interest rate risk modeling for banks” that: “the larger the duration gap, the higher is the institutions risk exposure for a

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