Using a large panel of US BHC over the 2001:Q1-2015:Q4, we investigate the risk-taking behaviors of banks within a … comparison perspective – between public and private banks – where there exists substantial differences of asymmetry information … and agency problems. We document evidence of greater stability of public banks versus their private peers. However, public …

We examine whether the difference in governance structures influences the risk taking and performance of Islamic banks … compared to conventional banks. Using a sample of 52 Islamic banks and 104 conventional banks in 14 countries for the period … from 2005 to 2013, we conclude that the governance structure in Islamic banks plays a crucial role in risk taking as well …

In this study, we investigate changes in banks' capital adequacy ratio (CAR) under different stress scenarios and … examine the results by comparing conventional banks to participation banks in Turkey. Our results report that the capital … adequacy ratio of the banks declines substantially given the stress scenarios. We find that participation banks in Turkey …

Our results show that US banks with a relatively high share of non-interest income become riskier with a moving toward … also prove, although weakly, that banks with a relatively low share of non-interest income enjoy the net gains from an …