Risk and profitability of Islamic banks: A religious deception or an alternative solution?

The aim of this paper is to examine whether Islamic finance could be an alternative to the traditional financial system and could guarantee stability in times of crisis. To this end, 78 Islamic banks in 12 countries have been studied over the 2004–2013 period. A series of bank-specific and other cou...

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Main Authors: Naama Trad, Mohamed Ali Trabelsi, Jean François Goux
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:European Research on Management and Business Economics
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2444883416300274