The governance, risk-taking, and performance of Islamic banks
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Frequently Asked Questions (11)
Q2. What are the future works in "The governance, risk-taking, and performance of islamic banks" ?
Additionally, future research could further extend the role of the Shari ’ ah supervisory board.
Q3. What are the main factors that influence the risk management of Islamic banks?
In addition, Islamic requirementsthat limit negligence or misconduct (operational risk) and difficulty in accessing liquidity putpressures on Islamic banks to be more conservative.
Q4. What is the expected growth of Islamic bank assets by 2020?
Islamicbank assets are expected to reach US$3.4 trillion by 2018 (Ernst & Young 2013) and US$6.5trillion by 2020 (IFSB 2010; Cihak and Hesse 2010).
Q5. What is the average annual growth of the Islamic financial sector?
The financial assets of the Islamic financial sectortotalled US$1.7 trillion in 2013 and grew 50% faster than the overall banking sector with anaverage annual growth of 17.6% from 2008 to 2012 (Ernst & Young 2012).
Q6. What is the main reason why Islamic banks have agency problems?
In general, the agency problems in conventional banks arise when managers deviate from their obligation to maximize shareholders’ wealth.
Q7. What are the main reasons why shareholders prefer to take risk?
Similar to other corporations, bank shareholders have a preference forexcessive risk taking due to the moral hazard problem, limited liability, and convex pay-offsystems (Galai and Masulis 1976; Jensen and Meckling 1976; John et al. 1991).
Q8. What are the factors that influence the Z-scores?
the Z-scores tend to decrease with profit volatility (Stdroat-1), size (Log_TAt-1), country-level supervision, and the inflation rate, as expected.
Q9. What is the effect of the variables on ROA?
For the control variables, both loans and profit volatility (STDROAt-1) show a strongpositive effect on ROA that indicates high risk taking enhances financial performance.
Q10. What is the role of the Shari’ah board in Islamic banks?
Chowdhury and Hoque (2006) consider the Shari’ah board as a supra authority that is an integral part of Islamic banks’ governance.
Q11. What is the effect of the CGI variables on the Z-scores?
both the Islamic bank dummy and the CGI variablesindividually indicate a positive effect on the Z-scores that suggest the Islamic banks have lessof a desire for high risk taking, consistent with Cihak and Hesse (2010).