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How does the tax status of a country impact capital structure? Evidence from the GCC region
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2016 , Article)
We investigate whether the tax status of a country has an impact on corporate capital structure. This research question is important and timely given that the empirical literature has not reached a consensus on the effect ...
The Impact of Liquidity on Debt Maturity After a Financial Crisis: Evidence from the Gulf Cooperation Council Region
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Routledge
, 2019 , Article)
This article contributes to the existent literature on corporate debt maturity by studying a new channel through which firms may mitigate the effects of a major economic downturn such as the 2008 global financial crisis. ...
Do financial crises alter the dynamics of corporate capital structure? Evidence from GCC countries
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2017 , Article)
We study the impact of the 2008 financial crisis on the capital structure of GCC firms. We employ a dataset covering a 10-year period from eight sectors to investigate patterns in corporate leverage before and after the ...
Do economic downturns affect air pollution? Evidence from the global financial crisis
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Routledge
, 2021 , Article)
This paper investigates the impact of the 2008 global financial crisis on CO2 emissions within the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis framework. Using a sample of 68 countries for the period 1960 to 2014, we unveil ...
Sukuk, banking system, and financial markets: Rivals or complements?
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2017 , Article)
Using the system GMM estimation technique, we study the effects of the financial development on Sukuk markets using a panel dataset of 11 countries from 1995 to 2015. First, we find that Sukuk and bank financing are ...
The impact of Sukuk on the insolvency risk of conventional and Islamic banks
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Springer
, 2019 , Article)
This paper investigates the impact of Sukuk market development on bank insolvency risk using a sample comprising 72 Islamic banks (IBs) and 145 conventional banks (CBs) spanning 15 countries over the 2003–2014 period. We ...
Funding liquidity risk and banks' risk-taking: Evidence from Islamic and conventional banks
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of funding liquidity risk on the risk-taking behaviour of Islamic and conventional banks. Using bank-level and country-level data from 18 countries over the period ...
Subsidies vs. deposits and cost inefficiency in microfinance
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
Lending tiny loans to poor clients lacking credit history and enough collateral is an expensive business for microfinance institutions (MFIs). Minimizing cost inefficiency is important if MFIs are to meet their dual mission ...