Islamic and Conventional Banks Stability during Global Financial Crisis: Evidence from Indonesia

Abstract

This study observes the stability of Islamic and conventional banks in Indonesia mainly during and post global financial crisisand their impact to the general financial stability.Bank stability measured by Z-scores, could be influenced by bank specifics, market concentration, and macroeconomic indicators.Pooled GLS regression analysis wereemployed to examine the Islamic and conventional banks stability. The sample size is 50 banks in Indonesia, consisting of 9 Islamic banks and 41 conventional banks between 2008 and 2017. The finding showed that the stability of the conventional bankslower than the Islamic bank. However,large Islamic banks are significantly less stable than the large conventional banks. Meanwhile, the small Islamic banks are significantly more stable than the small conventional banks. The finding of the study is expected to enhance the understanding of banks stability during and post global financial crisis in general, and within the context of Indonesia in particular.