The Impact of Internal and External Banking Determinants on the Financial Stability of Libyan Commercial Banks

  • Nagea S Abraheem Department of Administrative and Financial Sciences, College of Technical Sciences, Derna, Libya.
DOI https://doi.org/10.58916/jhas.v10i2.738
Published: 2025-04-28
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Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of internal banking determinants (such as bank ownership, liquidity, and bank size) and external determinants (such as political stability) on the financial stability of Libyan commercial banks, using data from four Libyan commercial banks: Bank of the Republic, National Commercial Bank, Sahara Bank, and Trade and Development Bank, during the period from 2010 to 2018. The results showed a positive impact of private bank ownership, liquidity, bank size, and political stability on the financial stability of the banks.

Keywords: financial stability of the bank, bank ownership, liquidity, bank size, political stability.

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Nagea S Abraheem. (2025). The Impact of Internal and External Banking Determinants on the Financial Stability of Libyan Commercial Banks. Bani Waleed University Journal of Humanities and Applied Sciences, 10(2), 231-245. https://doi.org/10.58916/jhas.v10i2.738
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Author Biography

  • Nagea S Abraheem, Department of Administrative and Financial Sciences, College of Technical Sciences, Derna, Libya.

    الاسم : نجية صالح ابراهيم  الدرجة العلمية : محاضر

    Nagea S B Abraheem

     

    عنوان الإقامة، درنة - حي السيدة خديجة

     

    0916241602    najai.saleh@ctsd.edu.ly 

      

    الجهة التي تعمل بها حاليا: كلية العلوم التقنية Derna Sciences Technical of -College درنة شيحا الغربية . ت. 0924080939

    : قسم تقنيات العلوم الادارية والمالية -

     

    علي دبلوم متوسط في الرياضيات معهد سكينة سابقا 1992م

     

    • متحصلة

     

    • متحصلة علي دبلوم عالي في المحاسبة من المعهد العالي للمهن الشاملة درنة 1996م
    • متحصلة علي ماجستير من جامعة ويلز البريطانيةWales of University KLC–

    ماليزيا 2006م – تخصص )تمويل ".( معتمدة من المركز الوطني لضمان الجودة والمؤسسات التعليمية والتدريبية ليبيا(

     

    • متحصلة علي شهادة دكتوراه في ادارة الاعمال ) تمويل ( من مدرسة Putra

     

    المعلومات الشخصية

     

    ". م2020 سنة ، Business School. University Putra Malaysia (UPM)

    معتمدة من المركز الوطني لضمان الجودة والمؤسسات التعليمية والتدريبية ليبيا(

    • عملت كمعيدة من 1996م حتي 2001م ، اشتغلت خلالها في مكتب اعضاء هيئة التدريس ثم  في قسم المحاسبة كمدرب .
    • عملت كعضو هيئة تدريس في قسم المحاسبة والادارة منذ 2006م ، وخلال هذلا المدة

     

    تاريخ الميلاد1970-11-30:م الجنسية: ليبية

     

    وقمت بتدريس المواد التالية: مبادئ المحاسبة –

     

    المحا سبة المتو سطة- ربا ضة مالية- محاسبة ادارية - محا سبة تكاليف ومحا سبة تكاليف

    متقدمة – ادارة مالية- محاسبة شركات – محاسبة متقدمة –محاسبة اموال عامة – محاسبة شركات مساهمة – محاسبة دولية – تحليل مالي– مراجعة - بحوث عمليات – تحليل اوراق مالية ونقود-ادارة مالية متقدمة –محاسبة ضرائب - محاسبة دولية – محاسبة اقسام وفروع.

    .

    • كما قمت بالاشراف علي العديد من البحوث والتدريب العملي داخل وخارج مدينة درنة منذ 2006 م وحتي الان.

     

    • المؤتمرات والاوراق العلمية:

     

    اللغات

    بالإضافة الي اللغة الام : اللغة: اللغة الانجليزية

    المستوى: جيد في مجال االتخصص

     

    • Abraheem, N., Yahya, M. H., Muhammad, J., & Ab Razak, N. H. (2020). Liquidity Creation and Competition in the Banking Industry Pre and Post Arab Spring in Mena Region. Academy of Accounting and Financial

    Studies Journal, 24(1), 1-20.

     

    ;

    • Nagea Abraheem; M.H.Yahya Junaina Mohammad; N.H. Ab. Razak "The

    effect of political risk and bank specific factors on liquidity creation in MENA countries vis-à-vis Arab Spring" submitted.

    Conferences:

    • Conference abstract published in proceedings Nagea Abraheem;

    ;

    M.H.Yahya Junaina Mohammad; Nazrul Hisyam Ab Razak; (2018).

    Liquidity creation and political transition, bank’s competition in MENA’ countries

     

    المهارات التقنية

    • برنامج مايكروسوفت أوفيس
    • الطباعة باللمس واستخدام بعض برامج التحليل الاحصائي، الجداول الالكترونية لغرض البحث

     

    ابراهيم ، نجية صالح (2023) مدى توافق النماذج الكمية في التنبؤ بالفشل المالي في المصارف  الليبية الخاصة. مجلة البحوث والدراسات الإقتصادية، ع11،429 – 391 10.51992/2229-000-011-013:. DOI:

    نجية صالح إبراهيم. .(2024) أثر العوامل المصرفية الداخلية والاستقرار السياسي على ربحية المصارف التجارية الليبية. مجلة العلوم الاقتصادية والسياسية, ,(1)21 .148-169

    بالإضافة الي حضور العديد من ورش العمل ذات الصلة بالتخصص .

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