Table of contents - Special Issue: Role of Islamic Finance in Mainstream Finance
Guest Editors: Muhammad Bhatti, Nafis Alam
Corporate social responsibility and financial performance in Saudi Arabia: Evidence from Zakat contribution
Husam-Aldin Nizar Al-Malkawi, Saima JavaidThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on corporate financial performance (CFP) using Zakat as a measure for CSR.
Assessing Sukuk defaults using value-at-risk techniques
Nafis Alam, Muhammad Bhatti, James T.F. WongThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the default characteristics of Sukuk issues by corporate firms in Malaysia using value-at-risk (VaR) techniques over a period of 16…
Risk and inefficiency: Behavioral explanation through overconfidence in Islamic and conventional banks
Ines Ben Salah Mahdi, Mouna Boujelbène AbbesThe purpose of this paper is to conduct a behavioral analysis, through overconfidence, in order to understand how this cognitive bias could affect risk taking and inefficiency in…
The determinants of intermediation margins in Islamic and conventional banks
Khemaies Bougatef, Fakhri KorbiThe distinctive feature of Islamic financial intermediation is its foundation on profit-and-loss sharing which reinforces solidarity and fraternity between partners. Thus, the…
The Islamic gold dinar: a hedge against exchange rate volatility
Calvin W.H. CheongThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the ability of the Islamic gold dinar to hedge against two well-established foreign exchange (FX) risk factors namely, the dollar risk…
Nexus between risk sharing vs non-risk sharing financing and economic growth of Bangladesh: ARDL bound testing and continuous wavelet transform (CWT) approach
Mohammad Ashraful Ferdous Chowdhury, Chowdhury Shahed Akbar, Mohammad ShoyebThe purpose of this paper is to examine the linkage between Islamic financing principles and economic growth (EG) by taking into consideration two Islamic Financing Principles…
Financial distress prediction of Islamic banks using tree-based stochastic techniques
Khaled Halteh, Kuldeep Kumar, Adrian GeppFinancial distress is a socially and economically important problem that affects companies the world over. Having the power to better understand – and hence aid businesses from…
When and why firms issue sukuk?
Hasib Ahmed, M. Kabir Hassan, Blake RayfieldThe purpose of this paper is to analyze whether investors perceive the issuance of sukuk differently than they do in case of conventional bonds, by using event study with superior…
Maturity transformation risk factors in Islamic banking: Implication of Basel III liquidity regulations
Haroon Mahmood, Christopher Gan, Cuong NguyenMaturity transformation risk is one of the leading causes of the global financial crisis. While endorsing the new Basel III liquidity reforms, the Islamic Financial Services Board…
Examining the behavioral intention to participate in a Cash Waqf-Financial Cooperative-Musharakah Mutanaqisah home financing model
Mohd Zaidi Md Zabri, Mustafa Omar MohammedThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the Malaysian homeowners’ intention to participate in the Cash Waqf-Financial Cooperative-Musharakah Mutanaqisah (CWFCMM) home…
Unveiling the diversification benefits of Islamic equities and commodities: Evidence from multivariate-GARCH and continuous wavelet analysis
Muhammad Rizky Prima Sakti, Mansur Masih, Buerhan Saiti, Mohammad Ali TareqThe purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which the Indonesian Shariah compliant investors can benefit from the portfolio diversification with the Islamic indices of…
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- Professor Don Johnson