RESEARCH

To Be The Knowledge Leader In Islamic Finance

OVERVIEW

Established in December 2005, the International Centre of Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF) has been primarily established and entrusted by Bank Negara Malaysia to produce high quality human capital resources for the global Islamic finance industry. In line with its vision to be the knowledge leader in Islamic finance, INCEIF has showed extensive commitment to the arena of research since its foundation. Thus, in, the Research Management Centre was established.

INCEIF engages in research projects, book publications, journals and working paper series with internal and external individuals as well as industry experts. With a world-class resource centre, research outputs and publication of INCEIF are in-depth, insightful and practical. In brief, INCEIF’s RMC is a:

  • Source of avenue for Islamic finance research and support services
  • Supplier of educators and researchers
  • Promoter of knowledge transfer
  • Partner of collaborative projects
We also extend specialised and expert services to any interested parties.
Have any research ideas to share?
Contact us at: crp@inceif.org or 03-7651 4021

DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH MANAGEMENT CENTRE

Prof. Dr. Baharom Abdul Hamid

The Department is currently headed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Baharom Abdul Hamid. Dr. Baharom joined INCEIF in 2015, as an associate professor of the School of Professional Studies (SPS). Prior to joining INCEIF, he worked as a lecturer in University Putra Malaysia (2008-2010) and served as associate professor in Taylor’s University for five years

He holds a PhD in International Economics from University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. His area of specialisation is Applied Macroeconomics, with strong interest in Economics of Crime, Natural Disaster and Military Expenditure

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      Financial intermediation costs in a dual banking system: the role of Islamic banking

      Author: | Type: Journal Article Abstract: This paper empirically analyses the role of Islamic banking in financial intermediation costs as measured by net interest margins for a leading dual banking country, Malaysia. Controlling for theoretically motivated determinants of the marg...
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      Competition, diversification and performance in dual banking: a panel VAR analysis

      Author: | Type: Journal Article Abstract: This article investigates the dynamic relationship among competition, diversification and bank performance using data for 18 countries with a dual banking system over the period 2000 to 2016. Analyses using panel vector autoregression (P.V....
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      Rethinking Islamic economics

      Author: | Type: Journal Article Abstract: The emergence of Islamic viewpoints on economic issues under the umbrella of Islamic economics has captivated much interest especially in its practical manifestation in Islamic banking and finance. In light of the failure of mainstream econ...
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      The impact of charter values on bank capital in Asia: a threshold regression analysis

      Author: | Type: Journal Article Abstract: Recent theories suggest the relation between banks' charter values and capital buffers is nonlinear and a function of the value of the charter. Using novel threshold estimation techniques, we investigate this for a cross section of 239 comm...