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Abstract

The financial crisis of 2008 provides evidence for the instability of the conventional banking system. Social banks may present a viable alternative for conventional banks. This paper analyzes the performance of social banks related to the bank business model, economic efficiency, asset quality and stability by comparing social banks with banks where the difference is likely to be large, namely with the 30 global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) of the Financial Stability Board over the period 2000-2014. We also analyze the relative impact of the global financial crises on the bank performance. The performance of social banks and G-SIBs is surprisingly similar.

Publication Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article to be published by Taylor & Francis in 'Applied Economics' on 2018, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2018.1436157
Publisher Keywords:	Social banks, alternative banks, bank stability, bank efficiency, financial intermediation.
Departments:	School of Policy & Global Affairs > Economics

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