Sabur Mollah

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the effect of Shari'ah supervision boards, board structure and CEO power on performance during the period 2005-2011, and found that the impact of board structure (board size, board independence, board size and board independence), CEO power (CEO-chair duality and internally recruited CEO) on performance of Islamic banks is overall negative.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined whether the difference in governance structures influenced the risk taking and performance of Islamic banks compared to conventional banks and concluded that the governance structure in Islamic banks plays a crucial role in risk taking as well as financial performance that is distinct from conventional banks.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined country specific herding behavior in European liquid constituent indices for the period of 2001-2012 and found evidence that the cross-sectional dispersions of returns can be partly explained by the cross sectional dispersions in other markets, with Germany having the greatest influence on the regional cross-country herding effect.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the effect of Shari'ah supervision boards, board structure and CEO power on performance during the period 2005-2011, and found that the impact of board structure (board size, board independence, board size and board independence), CEO power (CEO-chair duality and internally recruited CEO) on performance of Islamic banks is overall negative.

TL;DR: The authors found evidence of contagion in developed and emerging markets during both global and Eurozone crises and identified that the bank risk transfer between the United States and other countries is the key transmission channel for cross country correlations.