This paper explores whether the impact of economic uncertainty on credit growth differs for Islamic vs. conventional … in economic uncertainty significantly decreases the credit growth of conventional banks but does not have any significant … impact on Islamic banks' credit growth. Our results are robust to alternative specifications and addressing endogeneity …

This paper investigates the interplay of abnormal loan growth, credit reporting system and systemic risk in banking … risk one year ahead. A closer investigation further suggests that better credit information coverage and private credit … bureaus can stem the buildup of bank systemic risk one year ahead due to higher abnormal loan growth. Eventually, this paper …

We examine the roles of information sharing, strength of legal rights and bank size on the procyclical effect of bank …-discretionary provisions are procyclical. A closer investigation suggests that better information sharing through public credit registries … managed by central banks, not private credit bureaus managed by the private sector, might substitute for the role of dynamic …