Résumé : L’objectif de ce travail de recherche est de procéder à une étude comparative en termes d’efficience des banques islamiques dans un nombre de pays en voie développement tout en mettant l’accent sur les pays de l’Union du Maghreb Arabe à savoir l’Algérie, la Mauritanie...

Forward Rate Unbiased Hypothesis (FRUH) has been the subject of intensive scrutiny by researchers. Majority of the work has focused on the forward and the spot rate of the currency of a single country. Cross country FRUH comparison has been rare. This paper is an attempt to fill the lacuna by...

Based on a linear framework, this paper aims to examine the relationship between future spot rates and forward exchange rates using USD-TND data, thanks to traditional regressions and to the Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) in order to check if the Unbiasedness Forward Exchange Rate (UFER)...

The purposes of this study are two-fold: firstly, to evaluate the efficiency of the Malaysian banks and secondly to examine the factors that influence the efficiency levels of those banks. Accordingly, 23 Malaysian banks covering the period between 2006 and 2010 are considered in this study. The...

Purpose –The purpose of this paper is to examine the customers’ perception regarding the current shari’ah issues of Islamic banks in Malaysia. Specifically, the study attempts to examine the awareness of the current criticisms of the main shari’ah issues in Islamic finance, and the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the preferences of Malaysian banks' customers for Islamic banking attributes. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses mixed methodology. The quantitative approach consists of the collection of primary data through a...