International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management: Volume 13 Issue 5

Corporate governance mechanism and the ratings of Islamic and conventional mutual funds: Evidence from Pakistan

Farrukh Naveed, Muhammad Kashif Khurshid, Shahnawaz Saqib

This study aims to analyze the impact of different governance characteristics on the ratings of both Islamic and conventional mutual funds.

Financing homes by employing Ijara based diminishing Musharaka

Mohammad Selim

This paper aims to examine how homes can be purchased and financed by using Ijara-based diminishing Musharaka (IDM) modes of financing and thus both the home buyer (HB) and…

Examining the relationship between bank stability and earnings quality in Islamic and conventional banks

Youssef Riahi

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of earnings quality on banking stability in Gulf Cooperation Council countries. First, the author isolates the discretionary…

The relevance of valuation models: insights from Palestine exchange

Murad Harasheh, Andrea Amaduzzi, Fairouz Darwish

This paper aims to investigate the relevance of two groups of valuations models as follows: the accounting models based on the residual income (RIM) and the standard market model…

Determinants of banks’ dividend payment decisions: evidence from MENA countries

Akram Ramadan Budagaga

This paper aims to investigate bank-specific determinants affecting the dividend policy of commercial banks listed in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region countries.

Is the GCC an optimum currency area (OCA)? Empirical answers from co-movements

Tamsir Cham

This paper aims to investigate whether the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is an optimum currency area in the wake of the global financial crisis and low oil prices using annual…

Corporate governance and compliance with AAOIFI governance standards by Islamic banks

Yosra Mnif, Marwa Tahari

This study aims to examine the effect of the main corporate governance characteristics on compliance with accounting and auditing organisation for Islamic financial institutions’…

Cash holdings: Do they boost or hurt firms’ performance? Evidence from listed non-financial firms in Saudi Arabia

Faisal Alnori

The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between corporate cash holdings and financial performance, both linearly and non-linearly, for listed non-financial firms in…

Consumers’ choice of the services of Islamic banks in dual banking system

Abdul Quadir

The purpose of this study is to examine how the Islamic banks fix their mark-up for Murabaha contract strategically when traditional banks also co-exist in a country. This study…