This paper investigates the impact of regulation and ownership on the performance of banks in 19 countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. We test the hypothesis that the effect of regulation on bank profitability depends on the type of ownership structure. The public and...

Purpose: The concept of social media crisis has been consequently replaced by the term “paracrisis”. However, the economic implications of the paracrises have not been thoroughly researched by now. The purpose of this paper is to examine the potential influence of paracrisis on companies’...

Purpose: This study aims to show the relationship between competition, financial stability and ownership structure of banks in the Middle East and North African (MENA) countries. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses the generalized method of moments (GMM) estimators to generate research...

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the impact of regulation and market competition on the risk-taking Behaviour of financial institutions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Design/methodology/approach: The empirical framework is based on panel fixed effects/random effects...