How Market Structure and Efficiency Influence Profitability and Risk Taking of Banks in Mena Countries?

This thesis explores three important topics which contribute to the study of bank efficiency, competition, profitability and financial stability. In the Chapter 2 “The Impact of Bank Competition on Risk-Taking: the case of MENA countries”, we empirically analyze the effect of bank competition and ot...

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Author: Sobhi Razia, Alaa
Format: doctoral thesis
Publication Date:2016
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repository:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/15079
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10347/15079
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Materias::Investigación::53 Ciencias económicas::5303 Contabilidad económica::530301 Contabilidad financiera
Materias::Investigación::53 Ciencias económicas::5306 Economía del cambio tecnológico
Materias::Investigación::53 Ciencias económicas::5309 Organización industrial y políticas gubernamentales::530905 Monopolio y competencia
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Summary:This thesis explores three important topics which contribute to the study of bank efficiency, competition, profitability and financial stability. In the Chapter 2 “The Impact of Bank Competition on Risk-Taking: the case of MENA countries”, we empirically analyze the effect of bank competition and other determinants on risk-taking for banks in MENA countries. Next Chapter 3 “Determinants of bank efficiency in MENA countries”, measures cost efficiency, and empirically analyzes the factors that affect bank efficiency. Finally, in the Chapter 4 “Market Structure, Performance, and Efficiency of the MENA Banking Sector”, we test the four competing hypotheses that explain bank performance (SCP, RMP, ES and QLH). The chapters are independent of each other in terms of theoretical grounding and methodology but complement each other by investigating the three different angles related.