Basel Compliance and Financial Stability: Evidence from Islamic Banks

41 Pages Posted: 9 Aug 2017

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Mohammad Bitar

University of Nottingham; Nottingham University Business School

Sami Ben Naceur

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Rym Ayadi

HEC Montreal ; HEC Montreal

Thomas F. Walker

Cornell University; World Bank

Date Written: July 2017

Abstract

The paper provides robust evidence that compliance with Basel Core Principles (BCPs) has a strong positive effect on the Z-score of conventional banks, albeit less pronounced on the Zscoreof Islamic banks. Using a sample of banks operating in 19 developing countries, the results appear to be driven by capital ratios, a component of Z-score for the two types of banks. Even though smaller on Islamic banks, individual chapters of BCPs also suggest a positive effect on the stability of conventional banks. The findings support the effective role of BCP standards in improving bank stability, whose important implications led to the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) publication of new recommendations in 2015 to bring BCP standards in line with the Core Principles for Islamic Finance Regulation (CPIFRs) standards. Our findings suggest that because Islamic banks are benchmarked closely to BCPs, the implementation of CPFIRs should also positively affect their stability.

Keywords: BCPs, CPIFRs, Stability, Islamic banks, Government Policy and Regulation, Comparative Analysis of Economic Systems

JEL Classification: G18, G21, P51

Suggested Citation

Bitar, Mohammad and Bitar, Mohammad and Ben Naceur, Sami and Ayadi, Rym and Ayadi, Rym and Walker, Thomas F. and Walker, Thomas F., Basel Compliance and Financial Stability: Evidence from Islamic Banks (July 2017). IMF Working Paper No. 17/161, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3014090

Mohammad Bitar (Contact Author)

Nottingham University Business School ( email )

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University of Nottingham ( email )

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Sami Ben Naceur

International Monetary Fund (IMF) ( email )

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Rym Ayadi

HEC Montreal ( email )

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Thomas F. Walker

Cornell University ( email )

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World Bank ( email )

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