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Islamic Banks and Financial Stability; An Empirical Analysis
Cihák, Martin; Hesse, Heiko - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
The relative financial strength of Islamic banks is assessed empirically based on evidence covering individual Islamic and commercial banks in 18 banking systems with a substantial presence of Islamic banking. We find that (i) small Islamic banks tend to be financially stronger than small...
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Operative Principles of Islamic Derivatives; Towards a Coherent Theory
Sole, Juan; Jobst, Andreas - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
Derivatives are few and far between in countries where the compatibility of financial transactions with Islamic law requires the development of shari'ah-compliant structures. Islamic finance is governed by the shari'ah, which bans speculation and gambling, and stipulates that income must be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009654161
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The Effects of the Global Crisison Islamic and Conventional Banks; A Comparative Study
Dridi, Jemma; Hasan, Maher - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
This paper examines the performance of Islamic banks (IBs) and conventional banks (CBs) during the recent global crisis by looking at the impact of the crisis on profitability, credit and asset growth, and external ratings in a group of countries where the two types of banks have significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671306
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What’s in it for Me? A Primeron Differences between Islamic and Conventional Finance in Malaysia
Krasicka, Olga; Nowak, Sylwia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
What attracts conventional investors to Islamic financial instruments? We answer this question by comparing Malaysian Islamic and conventional security prices and their response to macrofinancial factors. Our analysis suggests that Islamic and conventional bond and equity prices are driven by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142164
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Does Banking Market Power Matter on Financial (In)Stability? Evidence from the Banking Industry MENA Region
Labidi, Widede; Mensi, Sami - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Financial Crisis has revealed the complexity of the interaction between bank market structure, regulation and the stability of … relationship between Banking Market Power and Bank Soundness from banks of MENA region. This paper tries to overcome the tradeoff …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011170132
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Bank competition and financial (in)stability in Europe: A sensitivity analysis
Samantas, Ioannis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
during the period 2002-2010. The results show an inverse U-shaped association between market power and bank soundness and … activities, official intervention to bank management and book transparency. However, in markets with higher share of foreign … stability channel of bank competition. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107321
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The Impact of Market Power on Bank Risk Taking in Albania
KRISTO, Suela; GJIPALI, Arsena - In: Journal of Applied Research in Finance Bi-Annually IV (2012) 2, pp. 98-109
developing economies and especially for the Albanian banking system. Here, bank loans are the biggest source of the external …
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Effects of the M&A Wave in the Global Brewing Industry 2000-2010
Madsen, Erik S.; Pedersen, Kurt; Lund-Thomsen, Lars - In: Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development 61 (2012) 4
unterstützen die aus der Literatur der industriellen Organisation bekannte Marktmacht-Hypothese. …
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Wettbewerbspolitischer Handlungsbedarf bei der Verknüpfung von zweiseitigen Märkten im Internet: Der Fall Google
Engelhardt, Sebastian von; Freytag, Andreas; Köllmann, … - In: Zeitschrift fuer Wirtschaftspolitik 62 (2013) 3, pp. 311-332
We discuss competition policy issues of vertical integration in internetbased two-sided markets against the background of the Google antitrust allegations. Network effects and economics of scale often lead to dominating companies, which are integrated over several markets. This implies...
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Can insider power affect employment?.
Díaz-Vázquez, Pilar; Snower, Dennis J. - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2003
Do firms reduce employment when their insiders (established, incumbent employees) claim higher wages? The conventional answer in the theoretical literature is that insider power has no influence on employment, provided that the newly hired employees (entrants) receive their reservation wages....
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