Can trade credit rejuvenate Islamic banking?

Wahyu Jatmiko (), M. Shahid Ebrahim (), Abdullah Iqbal () and Rafal M. Wojakowski ()
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Wahyu Jatmiko: University of Indonesia
M. Shahid Ebrahim: University of Durham
Abdullah Iqbal: University of Kent
Rafal M. Wojakowski: University of Surrey

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 2023, vol. 60, issue 1, No 4, 146 pages

Abstract: Abstract This study proposes a renewal of the contemporary Islamic banking Murabaha financing model as it aggravates financial fragility with waning economic efficiency. We adapt the working capital framework of successful US companies like Amazon and Walmart and model an innovative Murabaha facility as trade credit within the real sector of the economy. We then test its robustness in a range of simulation tests. Our approach is novel and stands in contrast to the familiar financial sector fixed-income facilities, characteristic of Western economies, stealthily mimicked as mark-up (interest rate based) Murabaha by Islamic banks. We argue that this is neither appropriate nor effective for Islamic economies, making them fragile under monetary pressures in crises like the current coronavirus and energy ones. Our simulation results indicate that the trade credit Murabaha not only transforms debt into a risk-sharing one but also offers more competitive financing rates, reduces systemic risk, and improves financial stability. Furthermore, our results imply that the trade credit Murabaha can increase the efficiency of Islamic financial systems and make them more resilient to shocks. Consequently, this paper discusses the integration of our novel Murabaha within a recreated architecture of Universal Banking. As an implication, this should promote business activity and contribute to global growth. Finally, we recommend how to deploy our novel Murabaha based on trade credit (as opposed to the currently deployed fixed-income-mimicked Murabaha) to alleviate twin agency debt costs (risk shifting, underinvestment) and solve the ownership transfer problem of modern Islamic banking.

Keywords: Crisis; Islamic banking; Mark-up (Murabaha) financing; Trade credit; Universal banking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G21 G32 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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