This study measures transaction costs of obtaining credit from Islamic banks. Data were collected from rural households in Iran. The factors affecting transaction costs and the probability of accessing Islamic financial markets are investigated. Similar to conventional financial institutions...

We present arguments that the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Foundation in the United States has no basis for filing a countervail complaint against the Canadian cattle industry in which it alleges that Canadian cattle are being fed cheap barley because of alleged inefficiencies of the Canadian...