All Outputs (3)

Creditor rights and bank capital decisions: Conventional vs. Islamic banking (2018)
Journal Article
Bitar, M., & Tarazi, A. (2019). Creditor rights and bank capital decisions: Conventional vs. Islamic banking. Journal of Corporate Finance, 55, 69-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2018.11.007

© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Using a sample of banks operating in 24 countries, we provide robust evidence that stronger creditor rights are associated with higher capital adequacy ratios for conventional banks but not for Islamic banks. Such results suggest... Read More about Creditor rights and bank capital decisions: Conventional vs. Islamic banking.

The Performance of Islamic Vs. Conventional Banks: Evidence on the Suitability of the Basel Capital Ratios (2018)
Journal Article
Bitar, M., Hassan, M. K., Pukthuanthong, K., & Walker, T. (2018). The Performance of Islamic Vs. Conventional Banks: Evidence on the Suitability of the Basel Capital Ratios. Open Economies Review, 29(5), 1003-1038

This paper examines the effect of various types of bank capital on the profitability and efficiency of conventional and Islamic banks. Our results show that higher quality forms of capital improve the profitability and efficiency for both systems alt... Read More about The Performance of Islamic Vs. Conventional Banks: Evidence on the Suitability of the Basel Capital Ratios.

The contribution of market movements, asset allocation, and active management to Islamic equity funds' performance (2018)
Journal Article
Peilles, J., Erragragui, E., Bitar, M., & Benlemlih, M. (2019). The contribution of market movements, asset allocation, and active management to Islamic equity funds' performance. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 74, 32-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2018.03.013

© 2018 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois Where the performance of Islamic equity funds (IEFs) comes from? Is it from market movements, asset allocation policy or from active portfolio management? Our study is the first to tackle this qu... Read More about The contribution of market movements, asset allocation, and active management to Islamic equity funds' performance.