Although it has been intensively claimed that Islamic banks are subject to more market discipline, the empirical literature is surprisingly mute on this topic. To fill this gap and to verify the conjecture that Islamic bank depositors are indeed able to monitor and discipline their banks, we use...

In some countries such as Turkey, Islamic banks and conventional banks coexist in banking industry. However, due to dissimilarities in their business models, these institutions may be subject to different statutory and regulatory arrangements. The arrangements in a dual banking system might...

This paper provides evidence on the links between financial deregulation and economic performance in a European context. Specifically, we study the relaxation of bank branching restrictions in Spain which triggered off a remarkable inter-regional expansion of savings banks which was coincidental...