Globalization and Islamic finance : convergence, prospects, and challenges / / Hossein Askari, Zamir Iqbal, and Abbas Mirakhor

• Autore: Askari Hossein
• Pubblicazione: Singapore, : J. Wiley & Sons (Asia), 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Disciplina: 332.0917/67
• Soggetto topico: Finance - Islamic countries; Finance - Religious aspects - Islam; Financial institutions - Islamic countries; Globalization
• Altri autori: IqbalZamir MirakhorAbbas
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Globalization and Islamic Finance: Convergence, Prospects, and Challenges; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: A Brief History of Globalization and Islamic Finance; 1.1: A Brief History of Globalization; 1.2: How Complete Is Globalization?; 1.3: A Brief Introduction to Islamic Finance; 1.4: Islamic Finance and Globalization: Convergence or Divergence?; Chapter 2: The Consequences of Globalization: Convergence or Divergence with Islam?; 2.1: Theoretical Consequences of Globalization: Growth, Income Distribution, Poverty Alleviation, and Regulation; 2.2: Some Empirical Consequences of Globalization ; 2.3: Financial Globalization2.4: Basic Islamic Economic and Financial Doctrines and Globalization; 2.5: Convergence or Divergence?; Chapter 3: Islamic Finance, Conventional Finance, and Globalization; 3.1: The Development of Islamic Finance; 3.2: The Development of Conventional Finance; 3.3: Islamic and Conventional Finance: The Impact of Globalization; 3.4: Financial Stability and the Emerging Relationship between Islamic and Conventional Finance; Chapter 4: Recent Developments in Conventional Finance, Financial Globalization, and Islamic Finance; 4.1: Introduction ; 4.2: The Role of Financial Systems and the Stability Characteristics of the Conventional Financial System4.3: A Different Explanation for the Financial Crisis of 2007; 4.4: Islamic Financial System and Lessons from the Recent Crisis; 4.5: Summary; Chapter 5: Empirical Trends in Conventional and Islamic Financial Globalization; 5.1: Trends in Conventional Financial Globalization; 5.2: Growth in Islamic Finance; 5.3: Convergence or Divergence?; Chapter 6: Key Considerations in Developing an Islamic Financial System; 6.1: Lessons from the Conventional Financial System ; 6.2: Gaps in the Islamic Financial System and its Practice6.3: Policy Recommendations; 6.4: Concluding Remarks; Chapter 7: Conclusions and the Future of Islamic Finance; 7.1: The Future of Globalization; 7.2: The Evolution of Financial Globalization; 7.3: The Expansion of Risk Sharing; 7.4: The Likelihood of Convergence; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This is an extremely valuable book written by three highly qualified scholars whose credentials for writing such a book are difficult to match. The timing of the book is also perfect, having come at a time when the worst financial crisis in living memory has intensified the quest for reform of the international architecture. The proposals made by the authors should go a long way in not only reforming the system but also in accelerating the move towards financial globalization and convergence of the conventional and Islamic financial systems.Dr. Umer ChapraProminent Scholar of
• Titolo autorizzato: Globalization and Islamic finance
• ISBN: 1-118-17890-4; 1-283-40147-9; 9786613401472; 1-118-39046-6; 1-118-17888-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819759803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wiley finance series.