Motivated by an on-going debate in economic history we develop a simple method to quantify the impact of economic revolutions upon a novel historical data set listing the wages of building craftsmen and labourers in Southeast Europe. Structural breaks are found in the data and signify the...

Motivated by an on-going debate in economic history we develop a simple method to quantify the impact of economic revolutions upon a novel historical data set listing the wages of building craftsmen and labourers in Southeast Europe. Structural breaks are found in the data and signify the...

This paper addresses an important contemporary issue; namely the implementation of the Basel Accord worldwide. The Basel Accord provides a series of measures to improve the stability of the world’s financial system but its implementation poses a number of challenges for both developing and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the factors responsible for the rise and growth of smaller Islamic banks in the last decade. Design/methodology/approach – Z ‐score analysis is used to test the stability of both smaller and larger Islamic banks. The pooled ordinary least...

Purpose – The aim of this research is to examine the selection criteria of customers for Islamic home financing in the context of Pakistan and to examine these factors with respect to gender, age, income, and occupation. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses a quantitative approach...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the selection criteria for Islamic banks employed by customers in a dual banking system, as in the case of Pakistan, and to know the overall satisfaction of the customers with Islamic banks. Design/methodology/approach – This is a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify any differences between the Islamic and non‐Islamic banks in the UAE on credit risk management. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses survey based methodology for data collection. The sample for the study consists of six commercial...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on the syariah compliant screening methods that are practiced by prominent Islamic finance users, in terms of qualitative and quantitative screening. Design/methodology/approach – This research uses comparative analysis to recognize the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to inspect whether bank‐specific and macro‐economic determinants influence Islamic banks' profitability in the selected countries of different regions. Design/methodology/approach – In order to achieve the study objective and to answer the question,...

We develop a rational expectations model of financial bubbles and study ways in which a generic risk-return interplay is incorporated into prices. We retain the interpretation of the leading Johansen-Ledoit-Sornette model, namely, that the price must rise prior to a crash in order to compensate...