Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is a large and influential industry. Its
activities could be illuminated, appraised and improved by academic research …

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

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 examines the effect of two potential sources of ethical principles on earnings
quality: corporate social responsibility (CSR) and membership in a Shariah index. We define …

Islamic finance research has proliferated in the past five years. Between 1982 and 2020, a
total of 315 research articles have been published in high quality journals. This paper …

This study examines the relationship between corporate governance attributes and technical
and scale efficiencies of the global Takaful Insurance operators. Using alternative estimators …

This article reviews the current literature on Islamic equities. Our survey indicates that the
bulk of articles is quantitative or empirical in nature, with a notable dearth of theoretical …

This paper reviews the empirical literature on the contemporary issues of Islamic
investments and highlights the future research directions. The growing literature during the …

We examine the impact of religiosity on earnings quality, utilising a global sample of 1283
listed banks headquartered in 39 countries and covering the period 2002–2018. Using …

We investigate the dynamics of investment styles of Islamic equity funds (IEFs), mainly
through portfolio holdings. We rely on an unbiased survivorship sample of 224 active …