This paper investigates whether financial and socio-economic factors affect student performance of charter vs. public schools. Based on data from Texas, this research employs a multiple regression model to find whether charter school students outperform public school students. The policy...

This paper aims to contribute to the empirical literature on the performance of Sharia-Compliant Indices (SCIs) by evaluating the performance of a number of SCIs, in comparison to similar mainstream indices, as well as in comparison to other ethical funds. Furthermore, the paper will test for...

The objective of this research is to provide a brief analysis of the performance of Islamic banks in Bangladesh. The Islamic banks in Bangladesh continued to show strong growth since its inception in 1983 to June 2007, Islamic banks maintained and achieved strong position in the key areas like...

This paper examines the determinants of Islamic bank profitability in the MENA region, during the years 1999-2006. We estimate several specifications to study the impact of bank-specific and country-specific variables, including macro-economic conditions, market structure and institutional...

This paper investigates whether financial and socio-economic factors affect student performance of charter vs. public schools. Based on data from Texas, this research employs a multiple regression model to find whether charter school students outperform public school students. The policy...