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A cross-institutional exploratory investigation of COVID-19 spread: formal vs. informal institutions (2022)
Journal Article
Bitar, M., Peillex, J., & El Ouadghiri, I. (2022). A cross-institutional exploratory investigation of COVID-19 spread: formal vs. informal institutions. Applied Economics, https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2022.2125495

We investigate the effect of culture on COVID-19 spread using a sample of 67 countries over the first 10 months of the pandemic. We find that individualistic countries have higher number of COVID-19 cases, an effect that is independent from formal in... Read More about A cross-institutional exploratory investigation of COVID-19 spread: formal vs. informal institutions.

Individualism, formal institutional environments, and bank capital decisions (2022)
Journal Article
Bitar, M., & Tarazi, A. (2022). Individualism, formal institutional environments, and bank capital decisions. Journal of Corporate Finance, 76, Article 102244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2022.102244

We examine how individualism affects bank capital decisions worldwide and in the United States at the state level. Based on a sample of 7034 banks in 68 countries, we establish three major findings. First, individualism is negatively and significantl... Read More about Individualism, formal institutional environments, and bank capital decisions.

A note on regulatory responses to COVID-19 pandemic: Balancing banks’ solvency and contribution to recovery (2022)
Journal Article
Bitar, M., & Tarazi, A. (2022). A note on regulatory responses to COVID-19 pandemic: Balancing banks’ solvency and contribution to recovery. Journal of Financial Stability, 60, Article 101009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfs.2022.101009

We discuss the implications on banks and the economy of prudential regulatory intervention to soften the treatment of non-performing exposures (NPEs) and ease bank capital buffers. We apply these easing measures on a sample of Globally Systemically I... Read More about A note on regulatory responses to COVID-19 pandemic: Balancing banks’ solvency and contribution to recovery.