Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/144956 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 5921
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper examines the impact of the global financial crisis on the banking sector in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, as well as the main determinants of the profitability of both domestic and foreign banks. The empirical findings suggest that during the crisis the former outperformed the latter in that region. As for the determinants of profitability, size does not appear to play a role, whilst the liquidity ratio and net interest revenues seem to have a negative and positive effect respectively; GDP has a positive effect in the case of domestic banks.
Subjects: 
MENA region
banking sector
profitability
global financial crisis
JEL: 
G21
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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