This paper attempts to investigate the effects of banking regulation on asset quality. This has been conducted using a sample of 14 countries from 1) Middle East & Africa, 2) Europe & Central Asia, 3) Latin America & Caribbean and 4) East Asia & Pacific, over the period from 2006 to 2012. Asset...

This paper examines the capital structure across different countries from 2005 to 2015 in Egypt and other three selected countries namely: Turkey, Brazil and Argentina. The book leverage sensitivity to the explanatory variables (profitability, firm size, tangibility, volatility, GDP growth,...

This paper aims at analyzing the “industry effect” on stock market reaction to global financial crisis. This has been conducted using a sample of 4 stock markets, and covering the period from 2007 to 2011.Kruskal-Wallis tests indicated that we could accept hypotheses regarding the effects of...

Our ecosystem and mainly our natural resources represent a vital ecological portfolio. Environment is good for business at a time business is not keen to invest in compliance measures. Sustaining the environment is costly and adds additional burden. The burden not only financial, it is mainly...

This paper aims at testing the significance of each of COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing on banks’ asset quality, using a sample of 30 banks representing 10 countries according to GMM technique. Data have been collected from the World Health Organization during 2020. The research covers...