Development of global finance in recent years is marketed with the fastest growth in Islamic finance. The recent global financial crisis is characterized by the failure of a number of conventional banks. This led many researchers to reexamine the efficiency of Islamic banks compared to...

The recent global financial crisis has induced a series of failure of many conventional banks and led to an increased interest in the Islamic banking business model. This paper attempts to answer empirically the following question: What was the effect of the 2007–2008 financial crisis on the...

This paper comes to present the distinguish approaches between Islamic banking system and Conventional banking system. The author aims to find out which system can sustain a healthy economy, resist to financial turbulences, and help individual and businesses to develop themselves and the entire...

This paper investigates the market structure and the degree of concentration of Islamic banking industry. This paper reports an empirical assessment of competitive conditions among the Arab GCC banking industry during the years of 2005-2010. We opt for the methodology as proposed by Panzar and...

The pre-eminence of Islamic finance from the perspective of economic growth has been a long-standing debate. In recent decades, there has been a paradigm shift from interest-based banking to Islamic financial system. This study intends to examine the dynamic interaction of Islamic financial...