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 …

between financial globalization and corporate tax rates and revenues—results vary according to country grouping with OECD …. Financial Globalization, Political Economy Factors, and Corporate Tax Rates -- A. Open Economy Macroeconomics -- B …. Globalization and Strategic Considerations -- C. Diffusion of Ideas -- IV. Hypotheses -- V. Data and Measures, and Methodology -- VI …