Do Islamic banks perform efficiently? Although the phenomenon of Islamic banking and finance has developed … performance of 18 Islamic banks over the period 1997-2000. Unlike previous studies, this paper is based on efficiency measurement … efficiencies of Islamic banking. In specifying input-output variables of Islamic banks, the intermediation approach is selected as …

European integration and economic situation are visible also in banking efficiency. Thus we test the hypothesis that the higher … intermediation - in 2002-2003. Results suggest that differences in banking efficiency exist among analyzed regions and the hierarchy …This paper estimates commercial banks’ efficiency in three relatively homogenous groups of countries with different …

) which constitutes 72% of the capitalisation of the banking sector in UAE. These bank stock prices are analysed for the trend …

We link banking and asset prices in a simple monetary macroeconomic model. Our main innovation is to consider how wide …-spread default affects the banking system. We find that the interaction of credit, asset prices, and loan losses explains a complete … whether a capital crunch, financial instability, or a banking crisis occurs. But self-fulfilling capital crunches and banking …

This paper links banking with asset prices in a monetary macroeconomic model. The main innovation is to consider how … falling asset prices affect the banking system through wide-spread borrower default, while deriving explicit solutions and …-linear, and involves feedback from the banking system in the form of credit contraction. When borrowers repay, the effect ‘passes …

This article investigates the factors that have induced and shaped the process of industry evolution of banking in the …