RAJHI, Wassim; HASSAIRI, Slim A. - In: Region et Developpement 37 (2013), pp. 149-177
The aim of this paper is to investigate whether Islamic banks are more stable than conventional banks. To measure the financial stability, we compute the z-score for a sample of banks in 16 countries where Islamic and conventional banks coexist over the period 2000-2008. We use a robust...