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Current Issues in Islamic Finance

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Role of Islamic socio-economic institutions in economic development
Perspective of Islamic economics and finance, including its critique
Ethics and morality in Islamic economics and finance
The economics of corruption in the Muslim world
The global financial crisis, European sovereign debt crisis and COVID-19 crisis and Islamic finance
Modern Monetary Theory and Islamic Finance
Efficiency and performance of Islamic financial institutions
Why do Islamic financial intermediaries exist?
Effect of Islamic financing announcements on firm value
Long-run impact of Islamic bank distress on firm performance
Measuring banking competition and market power in Islamic finance
Financier-borrower relationship, asymmetric information, and switching costs in Islamic finance
Determinants of characteristics of bank relationships in Islamic finance
Equilibrium and rationing in Islamic credit markets
Banks, financial markets, and macroeconomic growth and Muslim World
Role of formal and informal institutions in implementing reforms in the Muslim world
Institutions, social order, and the political economy of the Muslim world
Islamic financial product development, innovation and financial engineering
Monetary policy and financial stability in Islamic banking and finance
Credit channel of monetary policy and Islamic finance
Benefits and costs of low monetary policy rates in Islam Banking
Critiques of full reserve banking and fractional reserve banking and Islamic finance
Transmission of monetary policy through Islamic banks
Monetary policy and central banking function from an Islamic economics perspective
Macro-prudential and micro-prudential policies for Islamic financial institutions
Credit booms, financial crises, and Islamic finance
Islamic Social Finance
New models for Islamic microfinance and their comparative analysis
Economics of social networks and their significance in Islamic microfinance
Risk management and liquidity risk management instruments for Islamic banks
Basel III, G20 reform agenda, IFSB and AAOIFI standards on Islamic financial services industry
Impact Investing and Islamic Finance
Current and Future status of Islamic economics, banking and finance research and education
An assessment of Islamic economics and finance writings in international peer-reviewed journals
Mathematics and valuation of Islamic financial instruments
Islamic financial product engineering and Riba concealment
Establishing alternative pricing and valuation benchmarks for Islamic finance
Enhancing quantitative risk management capabilities of Islamic financial institutions

Islamic Finance/Economics/Banking

Potential Areas of Research for MS/PhD Students

How Islamic financial instruments can be used in international trade?
A mechanism for inter-bank transactions for Islamic and conventional banks
Can Sharia board play a role in the development of Islamic instruments?
Tawarruq as a tool of inter-bank borrowing
Risk management framework for Islamic banks: do we need something special?
Have the challenges faced by Islamic banks changed over the last decade?
The dynamics of financial crisis: Conventional vs Islamic finance
Can Zakat be used as a microfinancing tools?
Value at Risk of Sukuk and conventional bonds
Risk analysis of Murabaha financing and leasing
What customers say about Islamic banking? Values vs religious perspectives
Can ownership structure affect earning management?
Collaborative Islamic Banking Service: The Case of Ijarah
Success factors of collaboration in Islamic banks
Constraints in the application of partnerships in Islamic banks
Can Islamic finance reduce nonperforming loans?
Which firms use Islamic financing?
Can SME’s benefit more from Islamic financing?
Islamic banking development and access to credit
Islamic finance and economic growth
A theological context for the distinction between Capitalism and the Islamic financial community- evidence through literature.
Asset-backed financing- what does Islam guide?
The development and acceptance of Islamic finance features in a Capitalist society- searching for answers.
A systematic review of challenges and limitations in the implementation of Islamic financing in capitalist environments.
Islamic views on hedging- highlighting the practice, similarities and differences in comparison to capitalism.
Islamic finance and risk-sharing- a literary overview.
The relevance of Islamic banking experience to career prospects and job opportunities for Islamic bankers in capitalist societies- investigating the scenario.
Investigating the salient features of Islamic economics, impact on finance and the capitalist environment.
The contribution of Islamic Shariah in an implementation of Islamic finance in Malaysia- a detailed review.
Entrepreneurship in Islam- an extended literature review.
Islamic finance, impact on conventional capital markets- a review of the UK.
Tracing the historical pathway of Islamic finance in the UK from the 1970s- a literature-based investigation.
What is the future of Islamic finance in environments increasingly relying on AI?
What is Sukuk? Generating a factual understanding for this term and its importance within Islamic banking.
Venture capital through the comparative perspectives of capitalist and Islamic financial rules- an analysis.
Corporate social responsibility in an Islamic financial environment- a detailed literature-based review.
A comparative investigation of the loyalty of conventional and Islamic bank customers in the UK.
Compatibility of Islamic banking with halal tourism in Islamic countries- investigating rules, practices, challenges and limitations.
Are customers of Islamic banking satisfied? A comparative investigation with traditional banking customers.
An analysis of Islamic banking products and services and their contributory role in strengthening the Islamic financial institutions in Malaysia.
Profit sharing, Interest and related theoretical assumptions in Islamic finance- an overview.
Reconciliation of dual banking systems within a Muslim majority country- evidence from Pakistan/ Malaysia.
Justification of the Islamic financial doctrine through sustainability factors- a review of literature.
A comparative analysis of investment objectives among traditional and Sukuk investors through the Theory of Planned Behaviour.
How does the concept of profitability in Islamic banks compare to a conventional bank? Review of literature.
Is crowdfunding permissible through Sharia? Evidence from the Islamic finance literature.
Smart financial products in view of Islamic finance- permissible or prohibited?
Mapping economic growth in Malaysia as an extension of Islamic financial policies.
Perspectives of corporate governance in Islamic financial institutions through an overview of contextual literature.
Justification of cryptocurrency in Islamic finance- what does Islamic law guide?
How are disputes resolved in Islamic financial institutions? Insights from literature.
An analysis of Islamic finance perspective to risk sharing through a review of current literature.
Finding antecedents to the 2008 financial crisis from the Islamic finance perspective.
A comparative review of stability features within Islamic and conventional finance environments.
A study on why Islamic finance is not THE LAW in Muslim countries.
A qualitative investigation on how non-Muslim finance experts working in Islamic financial institutions in the UK perceive Islamic finance practices.
An exploration of the role of Islamic finance in a global environment.

Hot Topics

Potential Hot Areas of Research for MS/PhD Students

Cultural Effects on the Performance of Non- Profit and For-Profit Microfinance Institutions
Market Acceptance of a Murabaha-Based Finance Structure within a Social Network of Non-Islamic Small and Medium Enterprise Owners in African Procurement
Conventional and Islamic Perspective in Accounting: Potential for Alternative Reporting Framework
Ethical Finance and Islamic Finance: Particularities, Possible Convergence and Potential Development
A Multi-Agent Smart E-Market Design at Work for Shariah Compliant Islamic Banking
Debts and Debt-Based Sukuk Related to Risk Shifting Behavior
Modeling Salam Contract for Profit and Loss Sharing
The Importance and Role of Sukuk Marketing as an Islamic Bond in the Economy
The Importance of Zakat in Struggle against Circle of Poverty and Income Redistribution
Non-Parametric, Unconditional Quantile Estimation of Efficiency in Microfinance Institutions
Islamic Finance: What Is the Outlook for Italy?
Shariah Views on the Components of Profit Rate in Al-Murabahah Asset Financing in Malaysian Islamic Bank
Entrepreneurship Game: Digital ‘Catur Bistari’
Empirical Assessment to Understand Personal Investor Risk Tolerance in Islamic Banking
Optimizing differences and similarities between Islamic and Conventional Banking in providing funding, supporting productivity and business models of SMEs in Pakistan’s economy
Application of FinTech in Islamic Finance

Pakistan Specific Topics

Potential Hot Areas of Research for MS/PhD Students

Impact of COVID-19 on Pakistani economy and MSMEs & Role of Islamic Financial Institutions
Role of regulatory organizations i.e. SBP, SECP etc. in Post-COVID 2019
Roadmap to providing financial assistance and other subsidies through Government & non-banking Financial Institutions for MSMEs: Case of Pakistan
Conversion and/or transformation of existing Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) into Islamic micro and medium enterprises in Pakistan
Economic and industry risks associated with launching Islamic financial products for MSMEs in Pakistan
Regulatory framework and environment for Islamic micro, small and medium financing banks in Pakistan.