Financial Integration, Banking Competition Changes and Financial Stability: The Case of the MENA Region

Over the past few decades MENA countries have adopted major financial reforms in favour of more financial integration which has led to changes in financial systems in general and the banking system in particular, characterized by an increased privatizatio

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Financial Integration, Banking Competition Changes and Financial Stability: The Case of the MENA Region Arafet Farroukh

Contents 10.1 10.2 10.3

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literature Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3.1 The Data Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3.2 Empirical Models and Variables Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4 Empirical Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4.1 A Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4.2 Main Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix 1: Criteria of Financial Liberalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix 2: Review of the Empirical Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix 3: Notes on Variables and Data Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Abstract Over the past few decades MENA countries have adopted major financial reforms in favour of more financial integration which has led to changes in financial systems in general and the banking system in particular, characterized by an increased privatization process, foreign bank penetration and changes in the banking competition intensity. These changes raise many questions for the financial stability preservation especially that several banks encountered many difficulties to adapt to this new context and various followed strategies did not save many banks from significant distress situations following a considerable rise of risks. Thus, the principal aim of this paper is to study the impact of financial liberalization, banking market structure and quality of MENA institutions on the likelihood

A.Farroukh (*) University of