The Impact of 1998 and 2008 Financial Crises on Profitability of Islamic Banks

Nor Hayati Bt Ahmad, Mohamad Akbar Noor and Bin Mohamad Noor
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Nor Hayati Bt Ahmad: Professor of Banking and Risk Management, College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
Mohamad Akbar Noor: Supply Chain Management Department, PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd, Malaysia and College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
Bin Mohamad Noor: Supply Chain Management Department, PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd, Malaysia and College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia.

Bangladesh Development Studies, 2011, vol. 34, issue 1, 1-22

Abstract: The paper investigates the profitability of 78 Islamic banks in 25 countries for the period of 1992-2009. The Fixed Effect Model (FEM) used to analyse profitability shows that profit efficiency is positive and statistically significant with operating expenses against asset, equity, high income countries and non-performing loans against total loans. Interestingly, the empirical results show that more profitable banks are those that have higher operating expenses against asset, more equity against asset and concentrated at high income countries demonstrating close relationship between monetary factors in determining Islamic banks profitability. The findings for 1998 Asian Financial Crisis and 2008 Global Financial Crisis are negative and imply that Islamic banks’ profitability has not been impacted during Asian and Global Financial crises.

Keywords: Financial Crises; Islamic Banking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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