Abstract Our study attempts to discover pure contagion or interdependence amongst the Asian equity markets (China, India, Taiwan and South Korea) due to the shocks stemming from eleven major crises […]

Abstract The paper studies bank lending behaviour over the business cycle in a dual banking system, Malaysia, with the objective of ascertaining whether Islamic banks have a role in stabilizing […]

Size matters in banking in more ways than one. As an industry with extensive economies of scale and huge overheads, volume is key. To be cost competitive, the high fixed […]

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent of risk shifting behavior in bonds and sukuk. The examination is significant, as economists and scholars identify risk shifting […]