We hypothesize that both liberalization and economic freedom are double-edged swords for
the banking industry because they can increase both stability and fragility of the banks. To …

Using the GMM framework, this paper examines the nexus between capital and profitability
in the presence of economic freedom using annual data of US banks ranging from 2002 to …

The study aims to investigate the effect of conventional capital ratio, risk-based capital ratio,
and capital buffer ratio on commercial bank risk-taking over the period from 2002 to 2019 …

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of funding liquidity risk on the banks'
risk-taking behavior. To test the hypotheses, we apply the two-step system GMM technique …

Purpose This study examined how economic freedom and its related components, such as
open markets, regulatory efficiency, rule of law and the size of government, affect bank risk …

Using the two-stage generalized linear modelling (GMM) technique, we examine the
connection between economic freedom and its constituents and bank risk-taking in the US …

The study applies a GMM framework on the yearly data of Japanese banks ranging from
2001‎ to 2020 to examine the impact of economic liberalization on the‎ banks' profitability. The …