Purpose: This paper aims to examine how Indonesian Islamic banks differ from conventional banks in terms of their business model, asset quality, stability and efficiency. Design/methodology/approach: Based on data from 2008 to 2012, the authors use t-test, z-score and data envelopment analysis...

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the value of information content and informativeness of the analyst report for Sharīʿah-compliant shares in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach: The authors use a sample of 657 daily published analyst reports on Sharīʿah-compliant shares from 2010...

Purpose: This study aims to document the influence of information content and the informativeness of analyst reports towards cumulative abnormal return in the Malaysian market. Design/methodology/approach: Samples of analyst reports for the period 4th January 2010 until 24th December 2015 were...

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the effects of capital control and external debts after the 1997 financial crisis. Design/methodology/approach: Using system estimation approach, the authors estimate a panel data-based econometric model for data on Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the...

Objective - This paper assesses the value of information disclosure in Malaysian analyst reports by examining three categories of firms, according to their age (young, medium and old).Methodology/Technique - The study uses a market-adjusted method to calculate the cumulative abnormal return and...