This article reviews empirical studies on Islamic banking and concentrates on their main
findings while highlighting future research directions. The earlier literature on Islamic …

Purpose Islamic finance is an alternative approach of financial intermediation based on risk-
sharing and asset-backed operations, which evolved substantially in recent years in …

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has been exerting negative effects on several economies
in 2020. Therefore, it is of paramount importance to examine the impact of this pandemic on …

In this paper, we explore whether economic uncertainty differently affects the default risk of
Islamic and conventional banks. Using a sample of 568 banks from 20 countries between …

We assess the performance and productivity of Islamic and conventional banks using
financial ratios, a two-and a four-component meta-frontier Malmquist productivity index …

This paper undertakes a survey of the literature on Islamic banking and finance. The aim is
to provide an understanding of the literature, identify key issues and challenges, and explore …

This study reviews literature on the Islamic banking sustainability and presents directions for
future research. The article discourses scholars' and practitioners' views on the two …

Although equity financing is a core value in Islamic finance, it is rarely used by Islamic banks
which prefer other instruments such as markup or leasing contracts. The purpose of this …

This study examines the impact of board busyness (ie multiple directorships of outside board
members) on the performance and financial stability of banks in a dual banking system …

Ratio type financial indicators are the most popular explanatory variables in bankruptcy
prediction models. These measures often exhibit heavily skewed distribution because of the …