This paper investigates risk and stability features of Islamic banking using a sample of 553 banks from 24 countries … between 1999 and 2009. Small Islamic banks that are leveraged or based in countries with predominantly Muslim populations have … lower credit risk than conventional banks. In terms of insolvency risk, small Islamic banks also appear more stable …

determinant variables in banks' risk taking since the beginning of the years 2000. …

sample of companies belonging to the financial sector, made up largely of banks. The sample is taken from several European …

. The investigation focuses on a sample of 45 large, listed European banks. It appears that the main element for determining … of guarantor strength on the value of the implicit guarantee: a higher sovereign rating of a bank‟s home country leads to …

equity or banks at the second round. IVCs syndicate and AVCs use the internal ways of diversification of the bank. Screening …

assets. We also find that market indicators are significant to predict banks' financial distress whatever assets structure …. However, for non traditional banks, that is for banks with a low ratio of net loans to total assets, market information seems …

main French banks during a recent period of low interest rates (1998-2008) and concludes to the existence of a risk …-taking channel. In addition, our analysis suggests that liquid banks are more prone to risk-taking. We also highlight a higher risk … transmission for banks relying more on fees and commission income. …

commercial banks from Asia during the 2004-2010 period, we find that disclosure is negatively associated with income volatility …