TY - BOOK AU - Wesam Sherif Elbasil Ibrahim AU - Alaa Elshazly , AU - Jasmin Fouad , TI - Banking regulations and economic growth : : Evidence from developing countries (1999-2007) / PY - 2009/// CY - Cairo : PB - Wesam Sherif Elbasil Ibrahim , KW - Banking reform KW - Endogenous growth models KW - Prudential regulations N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Economics and Political Science - Department of Economics; Issued also as CD N2 - Economic literature has shown that banking regulations that promote bank competition while guaranteeing prudent bank performance are more likely to be associated with firm creation and faster economic growth . Bu studying a sample of 35 middle - income developing countries it was found that most of the sample countries have eased entry restrictions encouraged more private and foreign bank competition and strengthened prudential regulations ER -