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Can Islamic Banking Survive? A Micro-Evolutionary Perspective

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  • El-Gamal, M.A.

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Islamic banking is a growing phenomenon which came into existence to satisfy the financial needs of devout Muslims who observe the prohibition of interest-based transactions. Many economists have studied the macroeconomic properties of this institution in the framework of an isolated and ideal Islamic economy. In this age of integrated global financial markets, the instantaneous transformation of an entire financial sector to profit-and-loss sharing is very unlikely. I present an evolutionary game-theoretic model in which devout Muslims, regular interest- based banks, and "weak" (hybrid) muslims/banks interact. The third type of agents is intended to represent the behavior of current Islamic banking, which is commonly criticized for mimicking interest-based systems. It is shown in this model that a critical initial mass of the "weak" types is necessary for the survival of the devout agents in a heterogeneous environment. Moreover, it is shown that the survival of the devout agents is predicated on the islamically-"weak" agents acting among themselves in an Islamic way.

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  • El-Gamal, M.A., 1997. "Can Islamic Banking Survive? A Micro-Evolutionary Perspective," Working papers 9705, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems.
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    • G20 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - General
    • P51 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - Comparative Analysis of Economic Systems

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