Islamic versus conventional mutual funds performance in Saudi Arabia: A case study

Journal of King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-198

  Merdad, Hesham ^a   Hassan, M Kabir ^a   Alhenawi, Yasser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

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