http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/islamic-banking 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 Tue, 19 May 2026 21:15:10 -0400 Tue, 19 May 2026 21:15:10 -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