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A comparative study on the level of efficiency between Islamic and conventional banking systems in Malaysia

Hisham Yahya, Mohamed; Muhammad, Junaina; Razak Abdul … - In: International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern … 5 (2012) 1, pp. 48-62

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the difference (or lack of difference) in the efficiency level of … efficiency levels of banks in both sectors. Findings – It is found that there is no significant difference in the level of … efficiency between Islamic banks and conventional banks. Research limitations/implications – The period of study is only three …

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The efficiency of Islamic and conventional commercial banks in Malaysia

Ahmad, Suraya; Rahim Abdul Rahman, Abdul - In: International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern … 5 (2012) 3, pp. 241-263

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the relative efficiency of the Islamic commercial banks (ICBs) and … conventional commercial banks (CCBs) in Malaysia. The study measures and compares the level of efficiency of both ICBs and CCBs … comprise of eight CCBs and two ICBs. The study uses data envelopment analysis (DEA) to measure the relative efficiency of the …

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Islamic bank vs conventional bank: intermediation, fee based service activity and efficiency

Hardianto, Dimas Satria; Wulandari, Permata - In: International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern … 9 (2016) 2, pp. 296-311

efficiency of conventional banks vs Islamic banks in Indonesia for the 2011-2013 period. Moreover, this study also includes some … negative relation to efficiency. Originality/value This study has significantly contributed to Indonesian Islamic banking based … efficiency are crucially important in establishing competition and maintaining sustainable Islamic banking. …

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Relationship between capital, risk and efficiency

Miah, Md. Dulal; Sharmeen, Kashfia - In: International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern … 8 (2015) 2, pp. 203-221

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the relationship between capital risk and efficiency of Islamic and … assume more risk? Is there any major difference between Islamic and conventional banks in terms of efficiency and risk taking … for efficiency estimation and Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) approach for assessing the relationship between capital …

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Unveiling black-box of bank efficiency

Azad, Abul Kalam; Kian-Teng, Kwek; Talib, Muzalwana Abdul - In: International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern … 10 (2017) 2, pp. 149-169

Purpose This paper aims to examine the efficiency of Islamic vs conventional banks in Malaysia by unveiling the … traditional efficiency concept – black box – with a three-stage network structure of bank operations. Design …/methodology/approach This paper applies data envelopment analysis (DEA) for examining bank efficiency. An adaptive three-step network DEA (NDEA …

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Capacity and Capacity Utilization in Common-pool Resource Industries

Kirkley, James; Paul, Catherine Morrison; Squires, Dale - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 22 (2002) 1, pp. 71-97

Excess capacity poses one of the most pressingproblems that arise when industries exploitcommon-pool natural resources. It entailsover-investment in the capital stock andexcessive use of variable inputs, and placesadditional exploitation pressures on theresource stocks. Confusion persists over...

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Emission Taxes and Tradeable Permits A Comparison of Views on Long-Run Efficiency

Pezzey, John - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 26 (2003) 2, pp. 329-342

We compare three different views on the long runefficiencies of emission taxes which includethresholds (inframarginalexemptions), and of tradeable emission permitswhere some permits areinitially free. The differences are caused bydifferent assumptions aboutwhether thresholds and free permits...

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Futures markets, price stabilization and efficient exploitation of exhaustible resources

Bulte, Erwin; Pennings, Joost; Heijman, Wim - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 8 (1996) 3, pp. 351-366

Markets for natural resource futures contracts and cash forward contracts experience a rapid growth. According to theory, this should result in more efficient resource depletion, implying that price formation is more consistent with Hotelling's rule. The rationale of this stabilization effect is...

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Are Small Firms Really Less Productive?

Taymaz, Erol - In: Small Business Economics 25 (2005) 5, pp. 429-445

differentials: technical efficiency, returns to scale, and technical change. Our analysis on the creation, survival, and growth of …

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Optimal transport strategies for European cities

May, Anthony; Shepherd, Simon; Timms, Paul - In: Transportation 27 (2000) 3, pp. 285-315

objective function which reflects concerns over efficiency, environmental impact, finance and sustainability is specified and a …

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