..., inflation and GDP growth are incorporated to capture internal and macroeconomic influences. Findings The findings reveal substantial heterogeneity across the performance distribution. For public banks, market power (Lerner index) enhances profitability at intermediate and upper quantiles (Q25-Q75...

... in the context of Islamic banking sector as compared to the conventional one by applying two complementary approaches, namely, GMM and PVAR. This later allows to test the effect and the feedback effect of the competition and stability concepts. Islamic banks Lerner index Financial crisis z-Score...

... and insolvency risk – and competition is measured by the Lerner index. The results show that there is no robust impact of risk and competition on bank profitability in China. Yong Tan can be contacted at: a.y.tan@hud.ac.uk 25 05 2015 04 03 2016 20 05 2016 22 08 2016 03 09 2016...