Do Islamic stock indexes outperform conventional stock indexes? A stochastic dominance approach

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 29-46

  Al Khazali, Osamah ^a   Lean, Hooi Hooi ^b   Samet, Anis ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ethical investing; Islamic stock index; Stochastic dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901819122     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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