In this paper, we examine the influence of bank regulation, concentration, and financial and institutional development … on commercial bank margins and profitability across a broad selection of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries …. The empirical results suggest that bank-specific characteristics, in particular bank capitalization and credit risk, have …

In this paper, we examine the influence of bank regulation, concentration, and financial and institutional development … on commercial bank margins and profitability across a broad selection of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries …. We cover the 1989-2005 period and control for a wide array of macroeconomic, financial, and bank characteristics. The …

This paper analyzes the monthly evolution of bank competition in Mexico from 2008 to 2019 using different measures …. Subsequently, we analyze whether the 2014 financial reform had an effect on some of our competition measures. We use ordinary and … supporting the idea that the reform had a positive average effect and increased banks competition intensity during a few years …

It appears to be common wisdom that the basic cause of Thailand's crisis is its extraordinarily weak financial …-term performance of Thailand's financial system is favorable. The insight from moral hazard indicators is unexpected regarding the bad … explained in a framework of system change than by bad banking in Thailand. …