Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-1-2017

Journal Title

Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies

Volume

19

Issue

2

Publisher

Middle East Economic Association and Loyola University Chicago

Abstract

This paper presents empirical evidence on the different impacts of principal-agent relationships on risk-taking behavior and performance of Islamic banks, compared to conventional ones, for a sample of 105 banks in 8 Arab countries during the period (2005 – 2009). It distinguishes between two aspects of shareholder structure; namely, ownership concentration and shareholders rights. Empirical evidence showed that principal-agent conflicts were proved prominent in Islamic, as well as conventional banks due to the inverse and statistically significant effect of shareholder rights on risk-taking behavior. Moreover, it was found that principal-agent conflicts are more inherent in conventional banks, with regard to their impact on performance. The results were robust to including different bank specific and country specific variables.

ISSN

2334-282X

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