To explore how Islamic banking could be promoted in Pakistan, one of the crucial factors is exploring the factors that determine the profitability of Islamic Banking Industry (IBI). The studies on the determinants of Islamic banking growth focus on a number of such internal and external...

This paper explores how accounting disclosures can be combined with regulatory disclosures to refine existing concepts of free cash flows to equity (FCFE) for financial institutions. The resulting measure is designed to promote market discipline by helping investors distinguish among capital...

This study describes, compares and explains the financial outlay of Meezan and NIB bank with respect to Corporate Social Responsibility, Marketing and Human Resources for a period of ten years viz. 2003-2012. The study found Meezan bank overgenerous in respect of its Corporate Social...

Paucity of indigenous research on regulatory assessment of Islamic financial institutions makes the subject an unveiled prospect. The study examines, evaluates and compares the financial activities of selected Islamic and conventional banks of Pakistan for a decennium viz. 2003-2012. Financial...

Subsequent to the 2008 global crisis, Basel III has proposed some major changes to the Basel II banking regulations, such as increases in Tier 1 capital, mandatory and discretionary capital buffers, and new liquidity ratios. In this paper we provide a comparative study of the Islamic versus...

We show that naive hyperbolic consumers might be unresponsive to interest rates and credit limits of credit card offers by companies because the offers have a grace period and there is a one-period lag in using a new card. Consequently, we demonstrate that there might be no competition on the...

We develop a simple model of competition in a loan market with no asymmetric information. Lenders compete by offering loan contracts which are a loan amount and an interest rate. A borrower may take up more than one contract and has an incentive to default which is increasing in the amount that...

Personal decisions about health hazards are the main cause of impaired health and premature death. People smoke and eat too much and exercise too little. The lack of preventive efforts is surprising given their proven effectiveness. Arrow's (1963) classical paper suggested that moral hazard...

This paper provides an appraisal of some of the researches conducted in recent years for evaluating the efficiency of Islamic banks. It is restricted to studies using parametric (SFA) and non-parametric (DEA) models. It finds that they leave much to be desired and the conclusions they arrive at...

This discussion paper resulted in a publication in the <A href="https://apps.webofknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=UA&search_mode=GeneralSearch&qid=5&SID=T2lPmvB33HytcbnHQmV&page=1&doc=3">'International Journal of Central Banking'</A>, 2013, 9(4), 175-224.<P> We investigate the differences in banks' responses to monetary policy shocks across bank size, liquidity, and type, i.e., conventional versus Islamic, in Pakistan between...</p></a>