This study focuses on the role of financial development in the economic growth of Central,
Eastern and South-Eastern European (CESEE) countries in the post-communist era (1995 …

Using a panel of 104 banks from the six Gulf Council Countries, we investigate the cyclicality
of credit growth with regard to the discrepancies between Islamic banks and conventional …

In this paper, we aim to analyse the role of shareholders in the creation of discretionary loan
loss provisions (LLP) and the use of LLP in income smoothing. Using a sample of over 200 …

This article empirically investigates whether the level of non-performing loans (NPLs) affects
the bank lending behaviour using the bank-level data across 42 countries, spanning over …

Firms involved in international trade require an active and efficient financial market to
facilitate their credit services and this is enhanced by financial openness. This study …

In this paper, endogenous and exogenous factors that affect the credit growth rate of some
Western Balkan countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia) and the credit …

This paper empirically analyses the role of Islamic banking in financial intermediation costs
as measured by net interest margins for a leading dual banking country, Malaysia …

This paper examines the effects of prudential policy on loan growth in 11 Central and
Eastern European banking systems, spanning the period from 2000 to 2015. Based on the …

We investigate whether diversification stabilizes bank lending cyclicality on a sample of 25
conventional and 18 Islamic banks from Malaysia spanning 2008 to 2021. Our findings …

This paper analyses the effects of prudential policies on leverage and insolvency risk in
eleven Central and Eastern Europe banking systems in the 2005–2014 period. It explores …