Purpose – The purpose of the study is to examine the willingness (or otherwise) of the Tunisian customers to adopt Islamic insurance services (takaful) and to determine the factors that influence their decisions. Design/methodology/approach – Hundred questionnaires are randomly distributed...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the readiness of the Tunisian customers to adopt Islamic banking services, and the factors that might influence their decision. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 100 questionnaires were randomly distributed to Tunisian banking...

Purpose – The main purpose of this study is to investigate in detail the way each risk is being measured and managed by Islamic banks in the MENA region. Design/methodology/approach – This research attempts to examine the perceptions of Islamic bankers about the importance of transparency...

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)...