The effects of bank regulations, competition, and financial reforms on banks' performance

Emerging Markets Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-20

  Naceur, Sami Ben ^a   Omran, Mohammed ^b  

^a Dept Economie   (Tunisia)

^b Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchanges   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bank interest margin; Bank profitability; Dynamic panel data and MENA region

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951509431     PISSN: 15660141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ememar.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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