‐1999 bank data. Shows a “zig‐zag” pattern of profitability change over the period and concludes that the Japanese banking …

relationship between lending practices in the banking industry and future uncertainties. We focus on lending institutions to …

their regulations on financial institutions, but not in a rapid way. In a global financial market, Islamic‐banking … understanding of the nature of the Islamic banking business and the recent western banking supervisory framework, Islamic banking … regulators will be able to develop a sound banking system without loosing its own distinction.  …

difficulties that this banking system is facing. During the period of Islamic banking in Iran, banks experienced a significant …

Friend (1967), intentionally ignore institutional IPOs. Logue (1973) states that banking issues create a downward pricing …) provided evidence that banking IPOs enjoyed significantly less positive abnormal returns in the early trading than a control … sample of industrial firms. This study examines the early stock price movements of the 32 non‐US banking equities issued on …

concentrated banking or credit market introduces inefficiencies that would harm firms’ access to credit thus hindering economic … banking market is highly concentrated, and healthy competition through the Saudi adoption of corrective measures would ease … the problem. The Saudi government may like to consider concurrently joining the WTO, and allow non‐banking institutions to …