Mahmoud. A El-Gamal

Islamic Finance

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an overview of the practice of Islamic finance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 506g
• ISBN-13: 9780521864145
• ISBN-10: 0521864143
• Artikelnr.: 22709943

Autorenporträt

Mahmoud A. El-Gamal is Professor of Economics and Statistics at Rice University, where he holds the endowed Chair in Islamic Economics, Finance, and Management. Professor El-Gamal has also served in the Middle East Department of the International Monetary Fund (1995-6), and was the first Scholar in Residence on Islamic Finance at the U.S. Department of the Treasury in 2004. He has published extensively in the areas of econometrics, finance, experimental economics, and Islamic law and finance.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Jurisprudence and arbitrage
3. Two major prohibitions: Riba and Gharar
4. Sale-based Islamic finance
5. Derivative-like sales: Salam, Istisma' and 'Urbun
6. Leasing, securitization and Sukuk
7. Partnerships and equity investment
8. Islamic financial institutions
9. Governance and regulatory solutions in mutuality
10. Beyond Shari'a arbitrage
Conclusion.