...Jihene Tizaoui; Halim Dabbou; Mohamed Galleli Purpose This paper aims to investigate the relationship between bank competition and earnings management and the effect of institutional quality on this relationship. Design/methodology/approach To investigate the main objective of this research...

...Heba Abou-El-Sood; Rana Shahin Purpose Motivated by recent financial liberalization policies in emerging markets, this study investigates whether bank competition and regulatory capital affect bank risk taking in an international banking context. Design/methodology/approach Bank competition...

... banks seeking less expensive core deposits, this study examines whether large-bank competition, market share of deposits and changing market share impact the profitability of rural, small community banks. Design/methodology/approach Using a Heckman-type selection model to control for sample...