The current evaluation of Islamic Banks performance uses the conventional measurs, which is not unacceptable as the current Islamic Banks’ structure is mainly equal of its conventional counterparts in the sense that they are developed in the frame of business entity, thus businessbased...

This study tries to measure the effect of risk sharing in adding value to Islamic banks. In particular, this study is important to accurately gauging the impact of Islamic banking sector on the real economy. The adoption of risk sharing modes of contracts by Islamic bank as intermediary would...

The slow growth of acceptance is a major barrier to small-scale renewable energy development. This study examines the determinants of acceptance of small-scale renewable energy in Malaysia. The research model for this study was developed based on the theory of planned behaviour, the technology...

The paper examines the size effect reversal in the USA over the period 1970-1999, using data for the ten size deciles in the CRSP tapes during this 40-year period. Betas for small-firm portfolios increase as the return interval analysed increases, and are lower than large-firm portfolios for...

This article empirically examines the time-varying risk return relationship and the impact of institutional factors such as circuit breaker on volatility for the emerging equity market of Bangladesh [namely The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE)] using daily and weekly stock returns. The DSE equity...

We find a statistically significant increase in adjusted correlation between portfolio returns during the Russian financial crisis period, especially during the peak of the crisis. We also find that commercial bank and Savings & Loan Institutions (S&L) portfolios lost market value significantly...