In 1991, the Central Bank of Egypt increased the minimum capital requirements for the banking industry vis-a-vis risk weighted assets to 8 percent, along the lines of the Basle Committee on Banking Supervision. We investigate the effects of capital regulations on cost of intermediation and...

In 1988, an agreement was reached in Basel to set the common requirements of bank capital towards promoting the soundness and stability of the international banking system. Banks are required to hold capital in proportion to their perceived credit risks, which may have caused a quot;credit...

In 1991, the Central Bank of Egypt increased the minimum capital requirements for the banking industry vis-agrave;-vis risk-weighted assets to 8 percent, along the lines proposed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. In this paper, we investigate the effects of capital regulations on...

The study has considered determinants of financial sector development in the MENA region. We explore a wide range of macroeconomic, fiscal and institutional factors in order to assess their relevance as determinants of financial development in MENA countries. A first interesting result is that...