In this paper, we explore the influence of four factors that previous literature suggests influence support for immigration reform: perceptions of economic threat, perceptions of cultural threat, social contact with immigrants, and attendance at religious services. We also explore the power of...

This study considers whether Islamic banks and conventional banks have different levels of credit risk. One problem with existing research in this area is the dominance of accounting information to assess credit risk, and this could be especially misleading in the case of Islamic banking. Using...

This study was motivated by the poor performance of the current models used in stock return forecasting and aimed to improve the accuracy of the existing models in forecasting future stock returns. The current literature largely assumes that the residual term used in the existing model is white...

This study considers whether Islamic banks and conventional banks have different levels of credit risk. One problem with existing research in this area is the dominance of accounting information to assess credit risk, and this could be especially misleading in the case of Islamic banking. Using...