Impact of Corruption on Banking Sector Stability: Evidence from Middle East and North African Countries

Ahmed Rufai Mohammad (), Mohamad Helmi Bin Hidthiir () and Alias Bin Mat Nor ()

Academic Journal of Economic Studies, 2019, vol. 5, issue 2, 125-132

Abstract: This paper focuses on the effect of corruption on the stability of conventional interest and Islamic free interest banks in MENA states using post crisis age (2008-2016). Adopting system Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) condition to estimate the model. The analysis reveals that a higher control of corruption has a positive impact on the stability of the Islamic banking sector and is related to less bank credit loss. It further highlights that conventional banks benefited from corruption practices to attain their level of stability. Implementing rigorous.

Keywords: Banking stability; MENA; corruption; Islamic bank; conventional banks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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