global-journal-of-management-and-business-research-d-accounting-auditing Global Journal of Management and Business Research - D: Accounting & Auditing 0975-5853 2249-4588 Global Journals Publishing Group Incorporated 76512 Islamic Banks versus Commercial Banks and Performance: The Context of Saudi Arabia? AlturkiKhalid Hamad SAUDI ARABIA, Qassim University 15 01 2014 14 D1 23 34

Making a comparative analysis between conven-tional and Islamic banks, this paper examines which bank characteristics and macroeconomic environment affect the bank performance in Saudi Arabia. We estimate a linear panel date model using Prais-Winsten technique for 12 Saudi conventional and Islamic banks over the period 2005-2011. The findings suggest that low cost, high capital adequacy and low inflation rate improve the levels of Saudi conventional bank performance. However, high performance in Saudi Islamic banks requires better asset quality, higher capital adequacy, lower cost, higher bank weigh and higher number of branches.

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Making a comparative analysis between conventional and Islamic banks, this paper examines which bank characteristics and macroeconomic environment affect the bank performance in Saudi Arabia. We estimate a linear panel date model using Prais-Winsten technique for 12 Saudi conventional and Islamic banks over the period 2005-2011. The findings suggest that low cost, high capital adequacy and low inflation rate improve the levels of Saudi conventional bank performance. However, high performance in Saudi Islamic banks requires better asset quality, higher capital adequacy, lower cost, higher bank weigh and higher number of branches.