Description

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Examines the compatibility of capitalism and Islamic economics/finance by addressing important questionsProposes nominal-GDP targeting (NGDPT) framework as an efficient monetary policy that is also consistent with Islamic monetary economy
Provides the Shari'ah as the principal source of Islamic banking
Investigates the effects of dynamic forces behind capital structure variation such as the optimal capital structure behaviour based on the trade-off, pecking order, market timing and firm fixed effect models of capital structure.

About the Author

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Muhamed Zulkhibri is a Senior Economist at Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with years of experience in the Central Bank of Malaysia and policy-oriented institutions. He has written extensively on monetary economics, financial institutions and markets, finance and economic development as well as Islamic economics and finance. He has published in leading academic journals, industry reports, and the financial press. He has also lectured for under- and post-graduate programs at the University of Nottingham, UK and University Putra, Malaysia. He earned a PhD in economics from University of Nottingham, UK.Turkhan Ali Abdul Manap is a Senior Research Economist at Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Prior to joining IRTI, he was an Associate Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), where he taught various courses for Bachelor, Master and PhD levels. His research interests include macroeconomics, (Islamic) capital markets, financial stability, and stress testing for Islamic financial institutions. He has spoken and attended various national and international conferences on economics and finance issues and his research papers have appeared in numerous academic journals. He obtained his PhD in economics from IIUM, Malaysia.