new Basel III Accord to counter excessive bank risk-taking behavior. However, prior theoretical as well as empirical … literature that studies the impact of risk-based capital requirements on bank risk-taking behavior is inconclusive. The primary … purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of risk-based capital requirements on bank risk-taking behavior, using a panel …

Islamic banks was recorded in the last two years of the study period (2011-2012). Thus, we recommend that MENA Islamic bank …