Allocative and technical inefficiency in Sudanese Islamic banks using cost functions
Author
Ali, Abd al-Rahman al-Zahi Said
Source
Issue
Vol. 8, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2008), pp.1-22, 22 p.
Publisher
University of Gezira The Institute of Islamic Knowledge (Imam)
Publication Date
2008-12-31
Country of Publication
Sudan
No. of Pages
22
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Dramatical changes have taken place in the Sudanese banking industry.
In ١٩٨٩ all the operations of these banks conformed to Islamic principles.
Previous investigation showed that these banks grew rapidly in terms of assets and liabilities under difficult economic conditions.
Their financial operations revealed that they obtained considerable profits despite relatively high default risk and severe economic sanctions.
However, this success does not always imply the optimality.
The study of the optimality involves the measurement of their managerial efficiency.
This paper investigates the allocative and technical inefficiency of the Sudanese Islamic banks.
For this purpose the basic stochastic frontier approach (SFA) is used.
This is accomplished by decomposing the error term into two components, namely random noise (vi) and possible inefficiency (ui).
The result of this study showed that the investigated Sudanese Islamic
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ali, Abd al-Rahman al-Zahi Said. 2008. Allocative and technical inefficiency in Sudanese Islamic banks using cost functions. Tafakkur،Vol. 8, no. 2, pp.1-22.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-275175
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ali, Abd al-Rahman al-Zahi Said. Allocative and technical inefficiency in Sudanese Islamic banks using cost functions. Tafakkur Vol. 8, no. 2 (Dec. 2008), pp.1-22.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-275175
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ali, Abd al-Rahman al-Zahi Said. Allocative and technical inefficiency in Sudanese Islamic banks using cost functions. Tafakkur. 2008. Vol. 8, no. 2, pp.1-22.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-275175
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 21-22
Record ID
BIM-275175