Alhalboni, Maryam orcid.org/0000-0001-8979-5724, Baldwin, Kenneth and Helmi, Mohamad Husam (2018) A Structural Model of “Alpha” for the Capital Adequacy Ratios of Islamic Banks. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money. ISSN 1042-4431 (In Press)
Abstract
The denominator of the capital adequacy ratio (CAR) for Islamic banks includes an adjustment factor, alpha, arising from the subsidisation of investment account holders’ returns using bank equity. The methodology established by the risk management standard setting body for Islamic banks, the IFSB, estimates an alpha for each country using panel-data and normally distributed asset returns for its credit institutions. Consequently, the IFSB methodology precludes bank-specific alphas linked to the actual risk profile of underlying assets. There is also no discernible mapping between alpha and a bank’s own propensity to subsidise cash returns. This paper instead develops a new theoretical model for bank-specific alpha that is estimated for 43 Islamic banks in 11 countries. Our alpha values broadly correspond with those of the IFSB. However, a form of regulatory arbitrage is shown to exist which favors banks with relatively high alphas. This finding also has policy implications for bank efficiency and systemic risk.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Islamic banking Capital adequacy ratio Regulation Displaced commercial risk Alpha Islamic financial services board |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Economics and Related Studies (York) |
Depositing User: | Dr Maryam Alhalboni |
Date Deposited: | 20 Feb 2019 15:49 |
Last Modified: | 20 Feb 2019 15:49 |
Published Version: | https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-inter... |
Status: | In Press |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:141747 |