Recently, monetary authorities have increasingly focused on implementing policies to ensure price stability and strengthen central bank independence. Simultaneously in the fiscal area, market development has allowed public debt managers to focus more on cost minimization. This "divorce'' of...

We attempt to draw together monetary and fiscal policy making theory and the cointegrated VAR econometric methodology. Kirsanova at al(2005) have provided theory on the design of optimal monetary and fiscal policies, but estimation of monetary policy arrangements has suffered from many salient...

Lack of coordination between the monetary and fiscal authorities will result in inferior overall economic performance. This paper studies the interactions between monetary and fiscal policies and its effect on the economic performance by using al cointegration tests in the case of Euro Area....

One of the main challenges faced by developing countries is to stimulate investment for achieving higher growth rates. On the other hand, the capital flight phenomenon, which is defined as unrecorded capital outflows by the residents of a capital-scarce country, causes detrimental outcomes on...

This study examines the relationship between financial risk and performance of Gulf Cooperation Council Islamic banks and the relative importance of the most common types of risk. The study covers 11 of the 47 Islamic banks of the Gulf Cooperation Council region from 2000 to 2012, based on the...

The present study empirically investigates the technical efficiency of takaful industry operations in Malaysia and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was employed to estimate the technical efficiency of using Constant Returns to Scale (CRS) and Variable...

The objective of this paper is to undertake an in-depth study of the Internet financial reporting (IFR) practices of UAE-listed companies. The survey is aimed at identifying IFR versus non-IFR companies, and the nature and extent of their IFR practices. Logistic regression analysis was...

We study performance of Islamic and conventional indices of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in the wake of financial crisis of 2008 and test whether Islamic indices were less risky than conventional indices. We make use of data of the six GCC markets as well as the Dow Jones Islamic...

Purpose – This study aims to identify the determinants of bank selection for Islamic and conventional banks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from 246 respondents in the Emirates of Dubai and Sharjah and focused on aspects such as bank...