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Bank risk and financial development: evidence form dual banking countries

Abdul Hamid, Baharom; Naeem Azmi, Choudhari Wajahat; Ali, Mohsin (2020)

This study examines the impact of financial development on bank risk-taking, measured as bank capitalization and bank income diversification. We observe the relationship using annual bank-level data from countries with dual-banking systems. The dataset spans from 2000 to 2014. Our results suggest that...

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Damage assessment for Kelantan flooding: does the early warning instrument mitigates the risk? A case of Kuala Krai, Kelantan

Padli, Jaharudin; Md. Shah, Kamarul; Musa, Haslina; Jasmi, Abu Talib; Ahmad, Jusuh; Habibullah, Muzafar Shah; Abdul Hamid, Baharom (2020)

This study will focus on assessing the total amount of damage and losses that has occurred during the 2014 flood disaster in Kelantan. The phenomenon of heavy rainfall during monsoon season is normal in Malaysia especially for the east coastal state areas between November to March every year. With the...

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Short-term Shariah-compliant Islamic liquidity management instruments to sustain Islamic banking: the case of Maldives

Muneeza, Aishath (2020)

The purpose of this paper is to describe the structure of the Islamic treasury bills issued by the Central Bank of Maldives, Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) for the benefit of those jurisdictions that aspire to introduce short term Islamic liquiditymanagement instruments. This is exploratory research...

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Comment on "Protectionism under Trump: the China shock, deplorables, and the first white president"

Abdul Kareem, Mohamed Ariff (2020)

The USA under Trump has departed from its long-cherished tradition of being a leading proponent of liberal trade policies to a new norm that seeks comfort in protection-ism. Noland (2020) provides a deep insight into the political economy that explains the sudden reversal of US trade policies since 2016....