Mutuality as an antidote to rent-seeking Shariah arbitrage in Islamic finance

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-202

  El Gamal, Mahmoud A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33947391324     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.20139     Document Type: Article

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