In contrast to the conventional fund management industry with a profit-oriented logic based on risk and return, ethical and faith-based funds should follow the religious principles of their investment-style philosophy. Islamic funds should obey the theological teachings of the primary sources of...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the market concentration, foreign ownership and determinants of profitability for commercial banks operating in the MENA economies over the period 1999-2012. This paper uses panel analysis via GMM estimation to examine a large sample of banks for a...

This paper investigates competitive conditions and the role of institutional environment and political risk as revenue drivers of commercial banks in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. In this paper, we examine an extended period (1999-2015) consist of political and economic unrest...

The study investigates whether deregulation and economic reforms transformed the MENA banking sector into a more productive and efficient market. This is the first study to cover a large sample of 11 MENA countries for an extended and recent period (1999-2012). Initially this paper estimates the...

This paper investigates the competitive conditions and revenues drivers of commercial banks in MENA region in the context of Panzar-Rosse model. It is the first study of its kind that examines a large sample of MENA banks for an extensive period (1999-2012) during an era of political and...

This paper used panel data analysis via GMM estimation to investigate a number of contemporary issues regarding whether MENA banks' stability and profitability are affected by market power and market concentration. Additionally, it investigates political issues that took place in late 2010 and...