Using a sample of 1,992 banks from 39 OECD countries during the 1999–2013 period, we examine whether the imposition of higher capital ratios is effective in reducing risk and improving the efficiency and profitability of banking institutions. We demonstrate that while risk- and non-risk based...

We show that higher capital and liquidity ratios increase the efficiency of conventional and Islamic banks. Using conditional quantile regressions, we further show that the effect is stronger for highly efficient, small, highly liquid, and highly capitalized conventional banks. We also find that...

This paper examines the effect of various types of bank capital on the profitability and efficiency of conventional and Islamic banks. Our results show that higher quality forms of capital improve the profitability and efficiency for both systems although the results are stronger for...

This study examines the impact of the Basel III regulatory framework on the efficiency of Islamic and conventional banks using conditional quantile regressions. We find that Islamic banks are significantly more efficient than conventional banks. We also find that, relative to conventional banks,...

INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 Fintech and Banking: An Overview. SECTION I: FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE BANKING INDUSTRY -- Chapter 2 Centralized and Decentralized Finance: Coexistence or Convergence? -- Chapter 3 Fintech and the Digital Transformation of the Banking Landscape --...

Using a sample of US banks between 2001 and 2013, this paper investigates the impact of competition on bank efficiency, the bank-specific factors that increase the likelihood of securitization, the previously untested impact of securitization on efficiency, and the effect of the interaction...