The profitbility and determinants of efficiency of world Islamic banks

• Main Authors: Mohamad Noor, Mohamad Akbar, Ahmad, Nor Hayati
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: The International Association of Islamic Banks Karachi 2011
• Subjects: HG Finance
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/5163/1/Akh.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/5163/; http://lintas.uum.edu.my:8080/elmu/index.jsp?module=webopac-l&action=fullDisplayRetriever.jsp&szMaterialNo=0000117306
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

The paper investigates the efficiency of the Islamic banking sectors in 25 countries during the period of 1992-2009 involving 78 Islamic Banks. The efficiency estimates of individual banks are evaluated using the non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method. The empirical findings seem to...