Abstract: 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...

Starting from MacIntyre's virtue ethics, we investigate several codes of conduct of banks to identify the type of virtues that are needed to realize their mission. Based on this analysis, we define three core virtues: honesty, due care and accuracy. We compare and contrast these codes of conduct...

This article reviews Current Issues in Islamic Banking and Finance: Resilience and Stability in the Present System, a book edited by Angelo M. Venardos. The book focused mainly on the recent events in Islamic banking and finance in south east Asia with additional information about it in Japan...

This article is aimed to oversee the development of Islamic banking in Indonesia mainly on its financial performance. The financial performance of the Islamic banking is observed in accordance to its blue print in order to evaluate its development and contribution to country development as part...

Accounting, economic, social and political, and slack resources theories provide different perspectives to addressing corporate social responsibility in relation to disclosure, corporate financial performance e.t.c. This paper aims to identify the determinants financial and non financial of...

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 of Islamic loans is less than half the default rate of...

How different are Islamic banks from conventional banks? Does the recent crisis justify a closer look at the Sharia-compliant business model for banking? When comparing conventional and Islamic banks, controlling for time-variant country-fixed effects, we find few significant differences in...

Cet ouvrage met la finance islamique au coeur de la sortie de crise, en démystifiant les idées reçues et en cherchant à définir les moyens pour que la place financière de Paris devienne un des principaux centres de gestion de la finance islamique.

The subprime financial crisis and the subsequent economic recession had encouraged economists world-wide to consider alternative financial solutions. Attention has been focused on Islamic banking and finance as an alternative model. The purpose of this research paper is to assess empirically the...

Using unit-level data on the entire population of registered manufacturing SMEs in 2007 for India, we explore the impact of religiosity on their access to finance. The findings indicate that certain categories of religion, such as Hindus and Sikhs, are less likely to have access to institutional...