The paper investigates efficiency performance of thirty six banks operating in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries during the period 2006-2008 . Our results indicate in general GCC banks showed considerable pure technical efficiency in the past three years with the year 2007 exhibit the...

Sukuk is an Islamic financial product that is meant to carry the same privileges of Bonds yet in a Shariah compliant manner. Sukuk enable their issuers to raise the desired financing and their holders to invest their money, with ease in liquidating their investments at any time by selling the...

The results of return equation exhibit the existence of a positive relationship between return and risk, which indicates the high risk and explains the dynamics of shareholders behavior, especially on Saturday and Tuesday, where utmost important information is excreted. The findings highlight...

This study aims to highlight the impact of policy lending by international banks in Europe on equity prices in emerging stock markets (Argentina, Mexico, Tel Aviv, Malaysia, Hong Kong) during the period 1999-2010, using linear regression models and the concept of Granger causality tests in 1988,...

The results of return equation exhibit the existence of a positive relationship between return and risk, which indicates the high risk and explains the dynamics of shareholders behavior, especially on Saturday and Tuesday, where utmost important information is excreted. The findings highlight...

Arabic Abstract: تستعرض الورقة الدور المرتقب للأوراق المالية الهجينة في الأسواق المالية الإسلامية. وكمدخل للموضوع تعرّف الورقة في البداية بمفهوم الأوراق المالية...