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Performance of Islamic and mainstream banks in Malaysia
Azhar Rosly, Saiful; Afandi Abu Bakar, Mohd - In: International Journal of Social Economics 30 (2003) 12, pp. 1249-1265
The study found that Islamic banking scheme (IBS) banks have recorded higher return on assets (ROA) as they are able to utilize existing overheads carried by mainstream banks. As this lowers their overhead expenses, it is found that the higher ROA ratio for IBS banks does not imply efficiency....
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Financial support systems: the student experience in England and France
Curtis, Susan; Klapper, Rita - In: International Journal of Social Economics 32 (2005) January, pp. 121-132
Purpose – To investigate how the financial status of students in England and France affects their experience of university life. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire survey was carried out among undergraduates in two countries. There were 168 responses from students studying at a...
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Financial support systems: the student experience in England and France
Curtis, Susan; Klapper, Rita - In: International Journal of Social Economics 32 (2005) 1/2, pp. 121-132
Purpose – To investigate how the financial status of students in England and France affects their experience of university life. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire survey was carried out among undergraduates in two countries. There were 168 responses from students studying at a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805258
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Social economics: where has it gone?
Dunn, Lucia F.; Maddala, G.S. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 25 (1998) 2/3/4, pp. 168-174
Reports statistics that show that the number of economics majors in the USA achieved a peak in 1989‐90 but had declined by 11 percent by 1993 and experienced further 8.8 percent drop from 1992‐93 to 1993‐94 while at the same time the number of overall Bachelor’s degrees granted in all...
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A deliberative ethic for development: A Nepalese journey from Bourdieu through Kant to Dewey and Habermas
Cameron, John; Ojha, Hemant - In: International Journal of Social Economics 34 (2007) February, pp. 66-87
categorical imperative with deliberative ethics drawing on the writings of Habermas and Dewey. The journey through the European … themes in development ethics. These ideas are then given practical application in a case-study of the people …
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An economic and ethical analysis of the Katrina disaster
McGee, Robert W. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) July, pp. 546-557
combines economic and ethical analysis and includes discussions from the perspectives of both utilitarian ethics and rights …-based ethics, which is not usually done in the economics literature. …
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Transparency: a two-way mirror?
Bessire, Dominique - In: International Journal of Social Economics 32 (2005) May, pp. 424-438
ethics are exploited to explain why transparency is unable to produce the expected effects. Findings – First, discourses on … philosophy which does not grant any space either for responsibility or for ethics and therefore, favours generalised amorality …
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Conscience as a deterrent to free riding
Eisenhauer, Joseph G. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 33 (2006) August, pp. 534-546
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is threefold: conceptually, to demonstrate that ethical behavior is rational; theoretically, to illustrate that conscience can be readily incorporated into an expected utility framework; and empirically, to investigate whether conscience is an effective and...
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Ethics and values in Indian economy and business
Kanagasabapathi, P. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 34 (2007) September, pp. 577-585
Purpose – This paper seeks to give an idea about the role of ethics and values in the Indian economy and business in … are used to analyze the contemporary situation. Findings – Ethics and values have guided the Indian economy and business … recognize and revive them after independence, ethics and noble values ceased to guide the economic and business systems. At the …
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Norms for evaluating economic globalization
Gaburro, Giuseppe; O'Boyle, Edward J. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 30 (2003) January, pp. 95-118
This article examines experience with global financial integration to identify norms for evaluating economic globalization. There are two perspectives regarding globalization: mainstream economics and personalist economics. The first perspective regards itself as value-free even though its...
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