Cyclicality of bank credit growth: Conventional vs Islamic banks in the GCC

• Main Authors: Albaity, Mohamed, Md. Noman, Abu Hanifa, Mallek, Ray Saadaoui, Al-Shboul, Mohammad
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: HB Economic Theory; Banking
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/42983/

Using a panel of 104 banks from the six Gulf Council Countries, we investigate the cyclicality of credit growth with regard to the discrepancies between Islamic banks and conventional banks. We found that Islamic banks are pro-cyclical and have higher credit growth compared to conventional banks. In...