Islamic Finance: Principles and Practice - Rilegato

Visser, Hans

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ISBN 10: 1781001731 ISBN 13: 9781781001738

Casa editrice: Edward Elgar Pub, 2013

Riassunto

This thoroughly updated and revised second edition analyses the ideas behind Islamic finance, the forms Islamic finance has taken in practice and the tension between the two that may occasionally arise. Along with an expanded section on the history of the ban on interest, this second edition contains a much more extensive discussion of investment and savings accounts, sukuk and tawarruq.

Hans Visser aims to answer key topics on Islamic finance, ranging from the principles behind the phenomenon to the interaction of the market place with religious restrictions. How can governments finance their deficits and central banks conduct monetary policy without the interest-rate instrument? What price do the clients of the Islamic financial system pay for the increase in complexity and loss in flexibility compared with conventional finance? How do banking supervisors take account of the associated risks? In answering these questions, Visser's systematic treatment of the belief system and a discussion on the acceptability of disputed instruments of Islamic finance distinguish the book from others in its field.

Islamic Finance is essential reading for students of economics, finance and Islamic studies. Moreover, a detailed examination of both financial products and fiscal and monetary policies ensures that it will also appeal to banking staff, financial journalists and politicians alike.

Contents: Preface Introduction 1. Why Islamic Finance? 2. Sources of Islamic Law 3. The Islamic Economy 4. Forms of Islamic Finance 5. Islamic Banks 6. Special Sectors 7. Public Finance and the Monetary Authorities 8. Islamic Finance: A Tentative Verdict Appendices A. The Quran on Riba B. The Quran on Maysir C. The Bible on Interest References Index

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Informazioni sull?autore

Hans Visser, Professor Emeritus of Money and Banking and International Economics, School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Edward Elgar Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1781001731
• ISBN 13: 9781781001738
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 237
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile