Purpose – This paper seeks to use empirical evidence to examine the role of Islamic banks' financing on economic performance of selected countries (Malaysia, Indonesia, Bahrain, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar and Yemen). Design/methodology/approach – Using quarterly data...

The purpose of this study is to identify and measure the impact of the main determinants of the international tourist arrivals to the Malaysia. The annual panel data set includes the number of arrivals from the 19 most important European countries during the period 1998–2007, and a number of...

The objective of this study is to test the Hall’s permanent income hypothesis for Iran using cointegration and error correction model from annual data covering the period of 1980-2010 using annual data from 1980 to 2010. The basic model of permanent income hypothesis showed the validity of...

Oil is also very important for the Iran’s economic growth. This paper studies the causal relationships between oil consumption and economic growth for Iran using cointegration and error correction model from annual data covering the period of 1980-2010. As economic growth and oil consumption...