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Islamic and conventional banks' soundness during the 2007–2008 financial crisis

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  • Khawla Bourkhis
  • Mahmoud Sami Nabi

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The recent global financial crisis has induced a series of failure of many conventional banks and led to an increased interest in the Islamic banking business model. This paper attempts to answer empirically the following question: What was the effect of the 2007–2008 financial crisis on the soundness of Islamic banks and their conventional peers? Using the Z‐score as an indicator of bank stability, our regression analysis (covering a matched sample of 34 Islamic Banks (IBs) and 34 conventional banks (CBs) from 16 countries) shows that there is no significant difference in terms of the effect of the financial crisis on the soundness of IBs and CBs. This finding reveals that IBs are diverging from their theoretical business model which would have allowed them to keep the same level of soundness even during the crisis.

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  • Khawla Bourkhis & Mahmoud Sami Nabi, 2013. "Islamic and conventional banks' soundness during the 2007–2008 financial crisis," Review of Financial Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 22(2), pages 68-77, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:revfec:v:22:y:2013:i:2:p:68-77
    DOI: 10.1016/j.rfe.2013.01.001
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    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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