The aim of this research is to analyze consequences of the consideration of ethical principles in the financial decisions process of banks. More specifically we study how the consideration of Shariah principles could affect the capital structure of Islamic Banks. We first apply concepts and...

This paper examines how the introduction of deposit insurance influences the relationship between bank capital and liquidity creation. As discussed by Berger and Bouwman (2009), there are two competing hypotheses on this relationship which can be influenced by the presence of deposit insurance....

This paper aims to analyze the cost efficiency of Belgian banks for the period 1992-2000. Efficiency is measured with stochastic frontier approach. Our results are: (a) Efficiency level of Belgian banks is about 72%, meaning the existence of strong potential gains in cost efficiency for Belgian...