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Impact of Taqwa (Islamic piety) on employee happiness : a study of Pakistan’s banking sector
Maham, Raj; Bhatti, Omar Khalid - In: Cogent business & management 6 (2019), pp. 1-22
("God’s consciousness")-comprising Islamic spirituality (IS) and Islamic social responsibility (ISR)-specifically. This … and human development or policymaking initiatives. …
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Value Through Diversity: Microfinance and Islamic Finance and Global Banking
Ferro, Nicoletta - 2005
Internet resources, extended media coverage and international organizations' reports recently witness the increasing interest of western banks in new models of finance, particularly Islamic finance and microfinance. This new trend is not only channeled through the frame of corporate social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312356
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Financial stability : the significance and distinctiveness of Islamic banking in Malaysia
Karwowski, Ewa (contributor) - 2009
This paper explores the significance of Islamic banking in Malaysia for stability in the country's economy as a whole. Neither conventional theory nor Islamic economics puts forward a systematic explanation of financial intermediation; consequently, neither is capable of identifying...
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Will Islamic banking make the world less risky? : an empirical analysis of capital structure, risk shifting and financial stability
Farooq, Moazzam; Wijnbergen, Sweder van; Zaheer, Sajjad - 2015
We use a classic Merton credit risk framework to argue that Islamic Banking Institutions (IBIs) face less incentive to take on risks than Conventional Banking Institutions (CBI). IBIs have less incentive for risk shifting both in and outside of distress situations. We test and confirm this...
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In the name of god : managing risk in Islamic finance
Cattelan, Valentino - 2014
' to the Arabic رزق rizq, '(God's) sustenance', this paper dares looking at human hazard, زهر zahr, the 'dice' of future …, as the unpredictable whim of gods or mysterious fate, this story has transformed the future into a human prospect, where … 'against' but 'in the Name of God': the market of Islamic finance. To this end, Islamic finance is depicted within an …
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Islamic Finance and Conventional Financial Systems - Market Trends, Supervisory Perspectives and Implications for Central Banking Activity
Gomel, Giorgio - 2010
The paper analyses Islamic finance from the central bank and supervisory authority's perspective, focusing on the European and Italian context. It depicts a rapidly expanding sector, with recent annual growth rates of between 10 and 15 percent and a geographical presence that now reaches several...
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Self-Interest, Homo Islamicus and Some Behavioral Assumptions in Islamic Economics and Finance
Farooq, Mohammad Omar - 2012
The theoretical foundation of Islamic economics and finance is based on, among other things, Homo Islamicus or Islamic Man. Islamic economics and finance theoreticians contrast Homo Islamicus with Homo economicus or the Economic Man. This paper examines whether or not Homo Islamicus is...
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Sukuk Securities, Their Definitions, Classification and Pricing Issues
Ariff, Mohamed - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104282
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Ethical Gaps and Market Value in the Islamic Banks of Bangladesh
Hassan, M. Kabir - 2013
Abstract: This study measures the ethical identity of Islamic banks in Bangladesh over the period 2001 to 2006. An index of ethical identity, following Haniffa and Hudaib (2007), is constructed by drawing information revealed in the annual reports of the banks. The index is composed of eight...
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Of Religion and Redemption : Evidence from Default on Islamic Loans
Baele, Lieven - 2014
We compare default rates on conventional and Islamic loans using a comprehensive monthly dataset from Pakistan that follows more than 150,000 loans over the period 2006:04 to 2008:12. We find robust evidence that the default rate on Islamic loans is less than half the default rate on...
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