The arguments of this paper arise from the economic and methodological premises on behavior, markets and institutional structure that together influence asset-valuation. All these are bonded together to explain how methodology defines the domain of financial engineering in mainstream and Islamic...

This paper while being a study of its own subject matter is also a response to Professor Ali Khan's discussion paper entitled, “Globalization of Financial Markets and Islamic Financial Institutions” that appeared in Islamic Economic Studies, Vol.8, No.1 (2000:19-67). The topic of financial...

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