Islamic Finance. Political Economy, Performance and Risk (3 Bde)

VOLUME 1 Constructing Islamic Banking and Finance: Political Economy Perspectives Mehmet Asutay and Abdullah Turkistani 1 The Political Economy of Islamic Banking and Finance in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries Ashraf Mishrif 2 Internationalization of Islamic Banks Amr El-Husseini 3 Legal Environment for Islamic Banks: Status in Selected Gulf Cooperation Council Countries Habib Ahmed 4 Shari'ah Governance Regimes in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: A Comparative Study Humayon A. Dar and Wan Nursofiza Wan Azmi 5 Bridging the Gulf in Islamic Finance: The Role of Institutional Investors and Dubai in Development of Global Islamic Financial Services Harun Kapetanovic 6 Alternative Ways of Developing the Gulf Cooperation Council Islamic Funds Industry: Entrepreneurial Development Mehmet Asutay and Shehab Marzban 7 Shari'ah-compliant Sukuk Restructurings in the Gulf Cooperation Council Region Tayyab M. Ahmed 8 The Development of Offshore Financial Centres for Islamic Finance in the Gulf Cooperation Council: Competitive Positions and Challenges Salma Sairally, Marjan Muhammad and Shabana Hasan 9 Searching for the Hub of Ethical Finance: Islamic Financial Services and the World City Networks Abul Hassan 10 The Maqasid and the Empirics: Has Islamic Finance Fulfilled Its Promise? Ercument Aksak and Mehmet Asutay 11 A Comparative Analysis of the Maqasid Shariah of Islamic Banks in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries Siti Manisah Ngalim, Abdul Ghafar Ismail and Noor Inayah Yaa'kub 12 Understanding the Values and Attitudes in Islamic Finance and Banking Koji Muto, Nabil AlMaghrebi and Abdullah Turkistani 13 Islamic Finance and Higher Education in the Gulf Cooperation Council: An Analytical Comparative Study Ahmed Belouafi, Abderrazak Belabes and Karima Saci 14 Islamic Finance in the Gulf Cooperation Council Region: Human Capital Challenges and the Role of Universities Wafica Ali Ghoul VOLUME 2 Exploring the Risk Practices, Stability and Growth Trajectories of Islamic Banking and Financial Institutions in the GCC Region Mehmet Asutay & Abdullah Q. Turkistani 1 Islamic Banks and Financial Stability: Further Evidence Sayd Farook and Kabir Hassan 2 A Comparative Analysis of Financial Stability in Islamic and Commercial Banks of the GCC Region H. Saduman Okumus and Oksan Kabritci Artar 3 Financial Stability of Islamic and Conventional Banks in Saudi Arabia: Evidence using Pooled and Panel Models Hassan Belkacem Ghassan and Farid Bashir Taher 4 Predicting Banking Distress in GCC Countries Using the Emerging Market z-Score Model: A Comparative Study Jaizah Othman and Mohamad Asmady Shahadan 5 Mapping the Perceptions on Risk Exposure and Practices in Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions: A Survey Analysis Wael Eid and Mehmet Asutay 6 Risk Aspects of GCC Countries Compared to Developed and Emerging Markets: Evidence from Islamic and Non-Islamic Indices Mehmet Orhan and Harun Sencal 7 An Analysis of Value at Risk in the GCC Islamic Banks Hylmun Izhar 8 Credit Risk and Capital Structure of Islamic Banks in GCC Countries Roland Rulindo and Tika Arundina 9 Displaced Commercial Risk (DCR) and Value of Alpha (a%) for Islamic Banks in Bahrain Mohammad Omar Farooq and Sowmya Vivek 10 The Development of Islamic Securitization in the GCC Countries to Support Housing Finance Markets: An Assessment of Markets, Regulations and Policies Friedemann Roy and Zamir Iqbal 11 What Determines Islamic Financial Development? Empirical Evidence from GCC Countries Kaouthar Gazdar and Rihab Grassa 12 Do Islamic Banks Matter for Growth in GCC Countries? A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis Khaled Elmawazini, Khiyar Abdalla Khiyar and Ahmad Al Galfy 13 What Factors Are Affecting the Development of Islamic Financial Institutions in the GCC? Issam Al-Tawari VOLUME 3 Reflecting on Performance and Efficiency in Islamic Banking and Finance Mehmet Asutay and Abdullah Turkistani 1 Determining the Efficiency of Islamic and Conventional Commercial Banks in the GCC: Meta Frontier Analysis Maha Alandejani and Mehmet Asutay 2 The Profitability and Efficiency of Islamic Banking: A Comparative Study of Conservatives, Moderates and Liberals Khaled Aljifri and Sunil Kumar Khandelwal 3 Performance of Islamic Unit Trust Funds In 2005-2011 Period: A Regional Comparison Salina Kassim and Yasin Mohamoud Ibar 4 Investigation into the Managerial Investment Skills of Islamic and Conventional Equity Mutual Fund Managers in Saudi Arabia Saeed Binmahfouz and Habib Ahmed 5 Wavelet Analysis of Stock Price Behavior: Evidence from Dow Jones Islamic GCC Stock Index Returns AbdelKader el Alaoui, Ginanjar Diwandaru, Mansur Masih, Obiyathulla Bacha and Mustafa Musa 6 Efficiency and Stock Market Performance of Islamic Banks in GCC Countries Samir Srairi and Imen Kouki 7 Impact of Global Financial Crisis on Islamic and Conventional Stocks in the GCC Stock Markets: An Application of Arc h and GARCH Methods Raditya Sukmana and Sutan Emir Hidayat 8 Determinants of Sukuk Prices in the GCC Region from 2006-2011: Under the Prism of Risk Analysis Badri Ahmed, Houssem Eddine Bedoui and Fabien Sommi 9 Factors Influencing the Excess Returns of Sukuk: An Empirical Analysis on USD Denominated Sukuk Issued by Corporations in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries Maya Puspa Rahman and Mohd Azmi Hj Omar 10 Bank Supervision, Regulation and Efficiency: Evidence from GCC Dual Banking Nafis Alam 11 Factors Influencing Islamic Social Reporting (ISR): An Empirical Study in Islamic Banks in Indonesia, Malaysia and the GCC Countries Priyesta Rizkiningsih and Miranti Kartika Dewi 12 Service Quality in Islamic and Conventional Banks in Kuwait: Analysis of Customers' Perceptions Tahani S. Al-Adwani, Rashed S. Al-Ajmi and H. I. Hamdy 13 An Empirical Study of Perceived Service Quality of Islamic Banks: A Comparison between Malaysia and Kuwait Ros Aniza Mohamad Shariff, Tahani Al-Adwani and Mehmet Asutay 14 Participants' Perceptions about Takaful Operators Disclosure System: An Empirical Study on Saudi Arabia Hashem Abdullah AlNemer