We examine the influence of economic policy uncertainty on bank stability post-2007-2008 global financial crisis. We … observations for US commercial banks over the period from 2011Q1 to 2020Q3 and find consistent and robust evidence that bank … indicates that the decrease in bank stability not only originates from borrowers’ and customers’ conditions but also from a …

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 …, we explore the influence of religiosity, institutional factors, and bank-level heterogeneity. We observe that Islamic …

. This study therefore sheds light on the importance of enhancing bank competition to overcome bank risk and strengthen … growth, suggesting that Asian banks are also subject to indirect market discipline mechanisms through bank market structure … financial intermediation. This study also advocates greater reliance on market discipline to promote bank stability. …

This study investigates the influence of background diversity of bank board members on performance and risk. Using data …, education level and type) and find significant impacts on bank performance. On the whole, diversity is in general positively … associated with performance except when it relates to ethnicity. It not only reduces performance per se but also increases risk …