Islamic vs. conventional banking: Business model, efficiency and stability

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 433-447

  Beck, Thorsten ^a   Demirgüç Kunt, Asli ^b   Merrouche, Ouarda ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c European Securities and Markets Authority   (France)

Author keywords

Bank efficiency; Bank stability; Financial intermediation; Islamic banking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869873897     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2012.09.016     Document Type: Article

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