Asset prices are strongly connected to macroeconomic variables even in the presence of investor sentiment. On the other hand, if investor sentiment is a significant determinant in Islamic stock market, it will raise critiques on the need of Shariah compliant markets. Consequently, newer studies...

We evaluate the influence of five major uncertainty factors on four asset classes. Our time-varying findings suggest that each asset hedges only a particular uncertainty factor, whereas gold does more than one factor, especially during COVID-19. Our quantile regression results show that gold and...

Abstract: This study measures the ethical identity of Islamic banks in Bangladesh over the period 2001 to 2006. An index of ethical identity, following Haniffa and Hudaib (2007), is constructed by drawing information revealed in the annual reports of the banks. The index is composed of eight...

We extend the rational speculative bubbles literature to the frontier emerging stock markets. For this purpose, this paper employs fractional integration tests and duration dependence tests based on the ARFIMA models and nonparametric smoothed hazard functions. Unlike traditional bubble tests,...

Ethical identity briefly refers to the collection of guidelines that promote ethical practices within and by the organization. The concept of ethical identity is embedded in the Islamic teaching. This study examine the ethical identity of Islamic banks in Bangladesh, Malaysia and Arab gulf...

Bangladesh is a moderate Islamic country. There are six full pledged Islamic banks providing services to wide range of customers. This study is designed to examine the impact of demographic disparities on the bank selection criteria applied by diversified customers of domestic Islamic banks in...

This paper investigates the presence of a difference in the systemic risk level between Islamic and conventional banks in Bangladesh. We compare systemic resilience of three types of banks; fully-fledged Islamic banks (IB), purely conventional banks (CB) and conventional banks with Islamic...

This study aimed to examine the factors that affect the profitability of insurance companies in Palestine. Unbalanced panel data was utilized from seven insurance companies operating in Palestine from 2006 to 2018 to estimate a linear model between determinants theoretically expected to affect...

This paper investigates the relationship between board characteristics and corporate performance of firms in Palestine. The degree to which the board would be effective in performing its duties and tasks depends on several factors manifested by certain characteristics. Particularly, this...