Islamic Banking, Credit and Economic Growth: Some Empirical Evidence

Guglielmo Maria Caporale and Mohamad Husam Helmi

No 1541, Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin from DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: This paper examines the effects of Islamic banking on the causal linkages between credit and GDP by comparing two sets of seven emerging countries, the first without Islamic banks, and the second with a dual banking system including bothIslamic and conventional banks. Unlike previous studies, it checks the robustness of the results by applying both time series and panel methods; moreover, it tests for both long- and short-run causality. In brief, the findings highlight significant differences between the two sets of countries reflecting the distinctive features of Islamic banks. Specifically, the time series analysis provides evidence of long-run causality running from credit to GDP in countries with Islamic banks only. This is confirmed by the panel causality tests, although in this case short-run causality in countries without Islamic banks is also found.

Keywords: Credit; growth; Islamic banking; causality tests (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C32 C33 G21 O11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 p.
Date: 2016
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