contributes to the literature on banking regulation and supervision. It examines aggregated data which best reflect the level of …/methodology/approach – The paper employs aggregate banking, financial, economic, and legal environment data for a panel of 59 countries over the … problem loans. Finally, the paper examines the effectiveness of regulation through the inclusion of institutional factors.  …

liberalization, bank regulation and supervision. Design/methodology/approach – The study surveys the banking crisis literature by …Purpose – The recurrence of banking crises throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and in the more recent 2008‐09 global … is to provide an analytical review of proxies for and important determinants of banking crises‐credit growth, financial …

policies, and the evolving nature of banking regulation in the face of globalization challenges, World Trade Organization (WTO … domestic Islamic banking sector, meeting the self‐imposed 2010 Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) gulf monetary union under a fixed … implications – The paper noted the role of SAMA in managing monetary policy under a fixed parity regime, its banking supervision …

impact of banking and financial services regulation on Islamic banking and financing practice in Australia; and what further … examining the regulation of Islamic finance in Australia. Design/methodology/approach – The method employed in this paper is a …

with various issues and sectors in financial and banking regulation.  …Purpose – The Independent Banking Commission (Vickers) Report is not only one of the most significant developments in … the banking regulatory and supervisory context in the UK in recent times but is also one that would considerably impact …

stability of the European banking sector. Design/methodology/approach – A literature review of relevant EU and Malta legislation …, particularly small and medium‐sized firms, within the scope of regulation, the main purpose of which is to address systemic risk …, may result in over‐regulation.  …

system and proposes a return to a more traditional/prudent banking business model, based on a sound balance between sources …

policies on the competitive conditions of the main EU banking markets. Design/methodology/approach – After a review of … deregulation and competitition policies in the EU banking industry, the degree of competition in the largest five EU banking … ‐statistics and Lerner index) approaches. Findings – Results indicate that EU banking markets are becoming progressively more …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider whether a move from self‐regulation in the form of the Banking Code … to statutory regulation by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) of retail banking conduct of business is to be … considers its strengths and weaknesses in the context of the Banking Code. It then looks at the changes proposed by the FSA …

development of banking culture and representing basic goals of prudential regulation.  …