of the less regulated, so-called shadow banking sector. Employing flow-of-funds data for the Euro Area's non-bank banking … increase in non-bank banking). Overall intermediation activity, hence, has remained roughly at the same level. Moreover, our … findings also suggest that non-bank banks have tended to take positions in riskier assets (particularly in equities). In line …

; however, the impact of bank profitability on economic growth is still unclear. We investigate the link between bank … of bank profitability on economic growth is more prominent in small banking sectors. Perhaps surprisingly, we found that … the bank size has a negative impact on GDP growth, with the influence of bank profitability on economic growth reducing as …

in bank profitability post-privatization, although differences exist between developed and developing countries. Notably …This paper revisits trends in bank privatization and analyzes their economic impact over the past 25 years. Building on … a novel data set of privatization events for 70 developed and developing countries, it shows that bank privatization …

In this paper, the effects of the recent global financial crisis on efficiency and profitability of financial … eleven commercial banks, the impact of the global financial crisis on efficiency and profitability of the banking sector was … significant impact on the profitability of Islamic banks. …