This paper examines the effects of Islamic banking on the causal linkages between credit and GDP by comparing two sets … analysis provides evidence of long-run causality running from credit to GDP in countries with Islamic banks only. This is …

total credit share in the GDP. Previous empirical studies show to be sensitive to the choice of the finance proxy indicator …. Total credit share in the GDP appears biased in empirical modeling. Credit structure (loans to firms and households) prove … to be more robust when used in the modeling. Credit structure reveals a different impact on economic growth showing …