Islamic vs. Conventional Banking : Business Model, Efficiency and Stability

This paper discusses Islamic banking products and interprets them in the context of financial intermediation theory. Anecdotal evidence shows that many of the conventional products can be redrafted as Sharia-compliant products, so that the differen...

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Main Authors: Beck, Thorsten, Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli, Merrouche, Ouarda
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20101018092550
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3929