Purpose: This study aims to extend the literature by simultaneously investigating the relationship between risk, efficiency and capital in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) dual banking system. Design/methodology/approach: The study employs the simultaneous-equation modeling technique with a...

Purpose: This study aims to extensively investigate the efficiency of real estate investment trusts (REITs) in Saudi Arabia. Design/methodology/approach: The study employs the data envelopment analysis on 17 Saudi REITs with an innovative profit-oriented approach in selecting REITs' inputs and...

Purpose: This study aims to analyse Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Islamic and conventional banks’ productivity and to investigate the impact of Basel III on their productivity change. This study is conducted on 73 GCC banks (45 conventional and 28 Islamic) over the period of 2005-2015....

Purpose This study attempts to comprehensively analyze the cost Malmquist productivity index of conventional and Islamic banks in Saudi Arabia, the largest dual banking sector in the world, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach This study employs the novel approach of cost...