The paper provides robust evidence that compliance with Basel Core Principles (BCPs) has a strong positive effect on the Z-score of conventional banks, albeit less pronounced on the Zscoreof Islamic banks. Using a sample of banks operating in 19 developing countries, the results appear to be...

The paper provides robust evidence that compliance with Basel Core Principles (BCPs) has a strong positive effect on the Z-score of conventional banks, albeit less pronounced on the Zscore of Islamic banks. Using a sample of banks operating in 19 developing countries, the results appear to be...

The paper analyses existing country-level information on the relationship between the development of Islamic banking and financial inclusion. In Muslim countries - members of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) - various indicators of financial inclusion tend to be lower, and the...

The paper analyses existing country-level information on the relationship between the development of Islamic banking and financial inclusion. In Muslim countries-members of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC)-various indicators of financial inclusion tend to be lower, and the share of...

Despite the growth of Islamic banks (IBs), little is known about their liquidity creation performance and financial stability consequences relative to conventional banks (CBs). We address these issues using data from 24 countries over 2000–2014. We find IBs create more liquidity per unit of...