Qualitative Research in Financial Markets: Volume 2 Issue 3

The crisis of 2008 and financial reform

Werner De Bondt

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the financial turmoil of 2008 that followed the collapse of the housing bubble in the USA which was the starting point of a global economic…

The perception of tax concessions in retirement savings decisions

Silvia Jordan, Corinna Treisch

Research to date has reported ambiguous results on the influence of tax concessions on retirement savings decisions. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of…

Islamic banking and customers' preferences: the case of the UK

Walid Mansour, Mohamed Ben Abdelhamid, Omar Masood, G.S.K. Niazi

Islamic banking is an increasingly important factor in the UK financial environment. With Islamic banks entering the industry in significant numbers – and competing directly with…

Editorial

Bruce Burton

Special issue on market liquidity and the impact of the financial crash