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Determinants of Banks’ Profitability in a War-Torn Banking Sector: Evidence from Syria

In: Handbook of Banking and Finance in the MENA Region

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  • Mazen Diwani

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Using the fixed effects estimator, this chapter examines the profitability of 11 private banks in Syria over the period 2007 Q1–2018 Q4. To evaluate the impact of the Syrian crisis (civil war), the sample is divided into a pre-crisis period and a crisis period. The profitability determinants include bank-specific characteristics, industry-specific and macroeconomic factors. Dividing the sample has a twofold purpose: what determines the profitability of private banks in Syria and how the behavior of these determinants has changed in the crisis relative to the pre-crisis. The findings assert the presence of behavioral changes in profitability determinants across the two periods and that a high extent of banks’ time-varying profitability is captured by the factors included.

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  • Mazen Diwani, 2024. "Determinants of Banks’ Profitability in a War-Torn Banking Sector: Evidence from Syria," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Khaled Hussainey & Tamanna Dalwai (ed.), Handbook of Banking and Finance in the MENA Region, chapter 4, pages 77-111, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    Keywords

    MENA; Banking Sector; Business Risk; Corporate Governance; COVID-19; Cryptocurrency; Fintech; Financial Stability; Green Finance;
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    JEL classification:

    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services
    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
    • G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance

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