Subika, Farazi; Erik, Feyen; Roberto, Rocha - In: Review of Middle East Economics and Finance 9 (2013) 2, pp. 159-196
Although both domestic and foreign private banks have gained ground in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in recent years, state banks continue to play an important role in many countries. Using a MENA bank-level panel dataset for the period 2001–2008, the article contributes to the empirical...