In this paper, we explore whether economic uncertainty differently affects the default risk of Islamic and conventional … uncertainty increases the default risk of conventional banks but does not affect Islamic banks’ default risk. To understand why … banks’ default risk is not significantly affected by uncertainty in all types of countries, but such a difference with …

volatility and higher insolvency risk of banks. In general, although banks in less competitive markets hold more capital, the … levels of capitalization are not high enough to offset the impact on default risk of higher risk taking. Nevertheless, during …

bank market power is associated with lower insolvency risk and higher capital ratios. A deeper analysis however reveals …

competitive markets their default risk remains higher. A deeper investigation however shows that such behaviour is dependent on … the economic environment. Higher economic growth contributes to neutralize greater risk taking and higher instability in …

determination of interest margins. Operating costs, market power, risk aversion and liquidity risk have positive impacts on interest … margins, while credit risk and cost to income ratio are negatively associated with margins. Our results also corroborate the …

bank profitability and risk before, during, and after the global financial crisis of 2007-2008. We use a unique hand … presence of excess control rights is associated with lower profitability, higher risk-taking and higher default risk before … (2002-2006) and after (2009-2010) the crisis. Conversely, it improves profitability and no longer affects risk during the …