Tastaftiyan Risfandy
Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta Jl. Ir. Sutami No.36A, Surakarta, 57126

Published : 1 Documents Claim Missing Document
Claim Missing Document
Check
Articles

Found 1 Documents
Search

Equity Financing and Islamic Banks’ Profitability: Evidence from the Biggest Muslim Country Tastaftiyan Risfandy
Jurnal Keuangan dan Perbankan Vol 22, No 3 (2018): July 2018
Publisher : University of Merdeka Malang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (474.987 KB) | DOI: 10.26905/jkdp.v22i3.2150

Abstract

It was highlighted in the literature that Islamic banks’ equity financing was very risky in practice. Theoretically, equity financing could boost Islamic banks’profitability because the riskier financial instrument was always associated with the greater return that could be created. Using a sample of nine Islamic banks in Indonesia from 2009m1 to 2014m12, interestingly we found that a higher proportion of equity financing was significantly associated with lower Islamic banks’ profitability. However, this negative relationship diminished in the case of large Islamic banks, implying that the negative effect of equity financing on Islamic banks’ profitability was more prominent for small banks rather than for large banks. Our results were robust using various estimations. Although equity-financing was a core of Islamic banks and could differ Islamic from conventional banks’ activities but Islamic banks altogether with policymakers should evaluate this instrument for the sake of Islamic banks’ profitability and its prospects in the future.JEL Classifications: D25 ; G21 ; L25DOI: https://doi.org/10.26905/jkdp.v22i3.2150