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The Real Value of Postal Savings Certificates

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  • Koichiro Kamada

    (Research Division 1, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan)

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In Japan, there has been growing debate about the competitiveness between "postal savings certificates" (PSCs) offered by the Ministry of Posts and Communications and time deposits offered by private banks. Since PSCs have an "American put-option" characteristic, the "option premium" implied in PSCs should be taken into account explicitly. Since the interest rates have been regulated, we must devise a new option pricing theory based on imperfect arbitrage under such assumptions as depositor's risk neutrality and Markov property in the interest rates movements. Empirical analyses show that the advantage of PSCs over time deposits offered by private banks increases as depositor's holding period becomes longer and the current interest rates become higher.

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  • Koichiro Kamada, 1993. "The Real Value of Postal Savings Certificates," Monetary and Economic Studies, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan, vol. 11(2), pages 59-96, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ime:imemes:v:11:y:1993:i:2:p:59-96
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    1. Miyazaki, Kenji & Saito, Makoto, 1999. "On the market risk involved in the public financial system in Japan: A theoretical and numerical investigation," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 23(8), pages 1243-1259, August.

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