http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/international-finance Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:23:34 -0400 Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:23:34 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1209/effects-of-islamic-banking-on-financial-market-outcomes-in-gcc-countries-and-iran By Robert Morrissey - Islamic banking and finance have become increasingly widespread over the past two decades, particularly in Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia. This paper uses country-level data to examine how growing Islamic banking sectors have affected financial market outcomes in six countries. The analysis is split into two parts, first testing the hypothesis that countries with large Islamic banking sectors were less affected by the 2008 financial crisis than countries with strictly conventional banking systems, and second testing the hypothesis that emerging Islamic... Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:41 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1209/effects-of-islamic-banking-on-financial-market-outcomes-in-gcc-countries-and-iran http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1227/divisive-economic-device-understanding-chinas-choice-to-create-a-sovereign-wealth-fund By Felicty M. Yost - Three explanations for why China created CIC, however, can be elaborated with much more evidence. This essay will show that both rational-actor, profit seeking models and bureaucratic politics provide strong explanations for CIC's creation. A third explanation — that China is seeking international power — is much more difficult to prove. This section is of value however, because it permits an opportunity to discern the causes for CIC's creation from the implications of its creation, which have been harped on in previous literature. This paper finds that there could be an explanation... Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1227/divisive-economic-device-understanding-chinas-choice-to-create-a-sovereign-wealth-fund http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1281/rising-euro-falling-dollar-the-dynamic-of-a-global-monetary-shift By Hubert Zimmermann - Yet, it is clear that the Euro plays in a different league from the DM. This is not only due to the size of its market (15 countries with a population of 320 million), but also because the European Union, most of whose members will eventually adopt the Euro, has made no secret of its ambition to become a global actor, not only a regional one as Germany was. The rise of the Euro suggests to participants, whether individuals, firms, or states, that holding Euros might be more profitable than holding Dollars. In fact, according to the latest IMF figures, the share of Dollars in total official reserves... Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1281/rising-euro-falling-dollar-the-dynamic-of-a-global-monetary-shift http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1292/change-in-technology-and-its-impact-on-delocalisation-an-illustration-based-on-the-european-financial-industry By Edouard-François De Lencquesaing - Today’s and tomorrow’s worlds are radically different from yesterday’s. Self-evident, yet our thought processes often remain anchored in outdated mindsets. The weight of our success and experience can create “an excess in reasoning that drains our energy” (Erik Orsenna, Voyage aux Pays du Cotton). Globalization is an evolutionary stage in our societies, an evolutionary process that is ancient and at the root of our prosperity. The financial industry does not escape this process and the technological evolution is an accelerator…as was already the case in the... Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1292/change-in-technology-and-its-impact-on-delocalisation-an-illustration-based-on-the-european-financial-industry