41 SSA countries to study the determinants of bank profitability. We find that apart from credit risk, higher returns on … assets are associated with larger bank size, activity diversification, and private ownership. Bank returns are affected by … credit expansion. The results also indicate moderate persistence in profitability. Causation in the Granger sen …

This paper analyzes the relationship between oil price shocks and bank profitability. Using data on 145 banks in 11 oil …-exporting MENA countries for 1994-2008, we test hypotheses of direct and indirect effects of oil price shocks on bank profitability …. Our results indicate that oil price shocks have indirect effect on bank profitability, channeled through country …

DIVERSIFICATION -- V. RIGID WAGES -- VI. CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: THE MODEL -- REFERENCES. …

Sound corporate governance is essential for a well-functioning banking system and the integrity of financial markets …) strengthening further the existing banking regulations through stricter fit-and-proper rules for directors and controlling …

a given level of spending in these countries. This study analyses such risks and develops measures of fiscal risk … much less vulnerable to fiscal risk than is indicated by standard measures based on break-even prices.. …

PROBABILITY AND DEFAULT CORRELATION, IN STCDOS -- IV. IDIOSYNCRATIC AND SYSTEMIC RISK IN STCDO TRANCHES -- V. DATA AND EMPIRICAL …

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MEASUREMENT OF MARKET RISK -- III. MEASUREMENT OF CREDIT RISK -- IV …. MEASUREMENT OF LIQUIDITY RISK -- V. AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO RISK SENSITIVITY FOR A SECURITY WITH N RISK FACTORS -- VI. AN … INTEGRATED APPROACH TO RISK SENSITIVITY FOR A PORTFOLIO WITH N RISK FACTORS -- VII. EPILOGUE -- YIELD DEFINITIONS -- THE VALUE-AT-RISK …