In this paper, we explore whether economic uncertainty differently affects the default risk of Islamic and conventional banks. Using a sample of 568 banks from 20 countries between 2009 and 2018, we use the World Uncertainty Index (WUI) by Ahir et al. (2018) to conduct a study based on a...

Using a panel of 140 countries covering the period 1996-2018, this paper examines how pandemics influence the lending behavior of banks. We take advantage of a new index developed by Ahir et al. (2020) which measures discussions about pandemics at the country level. The results of the...

This paper provides a comparison of the effects of economic uncertainty and geopolitical risks on bank credit growth. We use the World Uncertainty Index (WUI) proposed by Ahir et al. (2018) and Geopolitical Risk Index (GPR) introduced by Caldara & Iacoviello (2018) for the measures of economic...

We examine the influence of economic policy uncertainty on bank stability post-2007-2008 global financial crisis. We rely on the economic policy uncertainty (EPU) index introduced by Baker et al. (2016). We use 176,477 quarterly observations for US commercial banks over the period from 2011Q1 to...

This volume of Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics includes selected papers from the 24th Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference, held in Bangkok. The theoretical and empirical papers gathered here cover diverse areas of business and management from different geographic...

Part 1. Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 1. Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs are More Prone to Exit Than Non-immigrant Entrepreneurs? -- Chapter 2. Hawkers’ Attitude on Environmentally-friendly Food Packaging Practices in Night Market -- Part 2. Human Resources Management & Education -- Chapter 3....