... Findings of the paper regarding the detrimental impact of corruption on bank soundness justify the urgency of the anti-corruption campaigns in these countries, particularly for conventional banks. Moreover, the findings provide support for the positive contribution of SSBs to overcome the adverse effect...

... banks’ soundness. It is found that Bougatef (2015) is the first who directly explores the linkage between corruption and non-performing finance of Islamic banks. Using a panel of 69 Islamic banks from 16 different countries over the period 2008–2010, Bougatef revealed that the issues of declined...