Security design, incentives, and Islamic microfinance: Cross country evidence

We provide cross country evidence from microfinance institutions (MFIs) that are Sharia-compliant and their comparisons with non-Sharia-compliant MFIs. We find that, compared with non-Sharia-compliant conventional MFIs, Sharia-compliant Islamic MFIs have less credit risk but are less profitable and...

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Main Authors: Fan, Y. (Author), John, K. (Author), Liu, F.H (Author), Tamanni, L. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2019
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