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Corporate governance systems are continuously converging and inherently presuppose the predominance of law. Strong emphasis is put on checks and balances and monitoring systems. However, despite convergence tendencies there are also differences in corporate governance systems that often stem...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare the effects of Islamic financial development and conventional financial development on the economic growth for five GCC countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar Saudi Arabia and UAE).Design/Methodology/Approach – Using generalized least squares, OLS...
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Islamic banks using panel data for the period 2007-12. The results are consistent with theory and other studies conducted in …
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What social forces shape the trajectory of novel, moralized forms of finance such as social finance, green finance, or Islamic banking and finance? More broadly, how do agents mobilize arguments and organize each other to create any form of financial innovation? This article addresses both...
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This paper considers the factors the allowed for the birth and facilitated the subsequent development of the equity side and the finance (or debt) side of the Islamic capital markets. The equity side of the Islamic capital markets began in 1998 with the issuance (after five years of debate) of a...
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owing to principles that govern Islamic financial activities, including equity, participation, and ownership. In theory …
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From a sample of Islamic banks around the world from 1997 to 2012, this paper examines whether loan loss provisioning in Islamic banks is procyclical. Our empirical findings highlight that loan loss provisioning in Islamic banks remains procyclical, although the ‘expected' loan loss model...
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Despite the growth of Islamic banks (IBs), little is known about their liquidity creation performance and financial stability consequences relative to conventional banks (CBs). We address these issues using data from 24 countries over 2000–2014. We find IBs create more liquidity per unit of...
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Murabaha, Ijarah, Diminishing Musharaka, Sukuk and Mudaraba (deposits), were selected to test against the theory of Islamic … financial system. It is found in the process that legally (legal form) contracts/products are in line with theory; however … contracts in line with theory of Islamic finance. Islamic finance is an emerging area and reasonably good amount of literature …
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Islamic banking has crossed the milestone of forty years since the Dubai Islamic Bank and the Islamic Development Bank were established in 1975. Islamic banking windows, standalone Islamic banking systems and even full-fledged Islamic banks, are operating as a part of global finance industry in...
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