The research aims to empirically study the capital structure and the performance of the banking sector in Middle East countries during a period of 6 years (between 2011 and 2016). By using 143 banks and 723 observations, the study shows that the capital structure of the banking sector was very...

The objective of this study is to determine the impact of oil price fluctuations on the financial performance of banking sector in 8 oil producing and exporting countries in Middle East region (Kingdom Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrein, Kuwait, Jordan, Oman, Iran) in the period...

The paper provides new evidence on the relation between corporate governance practices, legal rights and European banks’ performance during the post-crisis period. Using a sample of 935 banks in 30 European countries, the results reveal that at a high level of legal protection European banks...