Category Archives: Research

Financing through cash-waqf: a revitalization to finance different needs

Abstract Recently the revival of the institution of waqf took a movable form especially in [...]

Issues in Islamic banking and finance: Islamic banks, Shari’ah-compliant investment and sukuk

Highlights • An introductory article to the special issue: Islamic Banking and Finance II • [...]

Institutional quality and CO2 emission-trade relations: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract This paper examines the roles of trade, institutional quality and their interactions in explaining [...]

The impact of crude oil price on Islamic stock indices of South East Asian Countries: evidence from MGARCH-DCC and wavelet approaches

Abstract This paper is the first attempt at testing the “time-varying” and “time-scale dependent” volatilities [...]

How inflationary are oil price hikes? A disaggregated look at Thailand using symmetric and asymmetric cointegration models

Abstract The present paper analyzes the inflationary effects of oil prices at the aggregate and [...]

Risk-return analysis of Islamic banks’ investment deposits and shareholders’ fund

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to study the differences or variance in the [...]

Is small the new big? Islamic banking for SMEs in Turkey

Abstract While SMEs constitute the backbone of many economies, many SMEs have limited access to [...]

Combining momentum, value, and quality for the Islamic equity portfolio: multi-style rotation strategies using augmented Black Litterman factor model

Abstract This study constructs active Islamic portfolios using a multi-style rotation strategy, derived from the [...]

Islamic Banking in Malaysia: Unchartered Waters

Abstract This paper explores the Islamic banking business in Malaysia since its beginning in 1983. [...]

Enhancing the zakat framework of Maldives: a one hundred percent Muslim country

Abstract Maldives is a one hundred percent Muslim nation where the zakat administrative function is [...]