{"title":"THE IMPACT OF MONETARY POLICY ON THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF KUWAIT FOR THE PERIOD OF 1980-2020","authors":"N. Ismail","doi":"10.35631/aijbaf.39001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35631/aijbaf.39001","url":null,"abstract":"The government of Kuwait has shifted its focus from the dependence on oil and has concentrated on applying a long-term strategic vision that seeks to recover the economy and raise the citizens’ standard of living. To accomplish these objectives, monetary policy should be formulated appropriately by the government. However, it seems that the effects of monetary policy instruments on the economic growth of Kuwait are not obvious. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to empirically explore the effect of monetary policy on Kuwaiti economic growth. This research uses annual time series data on real GDP, exchange rate, broad money supply (M2), consumer price index, and deposit interest rate over the period (1980 - 2020) and applies Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). The results of the empirical analysis show the presence of a long-run relationship between real Gross Domestic Product and monetary policy instruments. Specifically, it finds that broad money supply (M2), deposit interest rate, and consumer price index affect economic growth positively and statistically significant. While the exchange rate affects real Gross Domestic Product negatively and statistically insignificant. The Granger causality test based on VECM shows two unidirectional causal relationships running from broad money supply and consumer price index to real GDP in the short run. Thus, the study suggests that policymakers concentrate on improving the economy by managing interest rates and maintain supporting environment for sustainable economic growth and development.","PeriodicalId":225585,"journal":{"name":"Advanced International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131077527","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE IMPACT OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) ON ISLAMIC BANKING PERFORMANCE IN MALAYSIA","authors":"N. Razali, Nizam Jaafar, Ismail b. Ahmad","doi":"10.35631/aijbaf.38001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35631/aijbaf.38001","url":null,"abstract":"Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities can lead the company to gain better recognition from citizens and investors. CSR has become one of the added values for a company in increasing competition from global and domestic. However, there are some critics who contend that the CSR benefits surpass the actual cost and some also claim that for the company to be socially responsible is too expensive. Therefore, the objective of this study is to determine the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) impacts on the Islamic Banks' financial performance, specifically in Malaysia. This study used Fixed Effect Regression Model to achieve the objectives of this study. The independent variables used to determine CSR comprise of environment, community, and workplace and marketplace expenditure ratio. Meanwhile, to measure the financial bank performance that is the dependent variable, Return on Asset (ROA) is used in this study. Based on this model, the researcher concluded that CSR’s elements which are environment, community, and marketplace have significant impacts on banks financial performance. This is consistent with Stakeholder Theory which states that the firm financial performance is determined by external stakeholders. In order to enhance the study future research may segregate the focus of the study specifically on Islamic Bank or conventional banking. Future research may also conduct research on the different industries.","PeriodicalId":225585,"journal":{"name":"Advanced International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127683633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Norhidayati Mohamed Zakaria, Mohamad Yazis Ali Basah
{"title":"FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN MALAYSIA FROM 1990 TO 2019: VECM APPROACH","authors":"Norhidayati Mohamed Zakaria, Mohamad Yazis Ali Basah","doi":"10.35631/aijbaf.38004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35631/aijbaf.38004","url":null,"abstract":"Economists believe that efficient financial development is significant for building sustainable economic growth in any country. The global financial crisis, economic events and country’s uniqueness has resulted in continuous research to examine the relationship of financial and economic development using numerous methods and indicators which presented various simulation that led to different views on the linkages. Most of the studies had tested the indicators individually which resulted in less dynamic findings and creates a gap in the research. Hence, this paper aims to examine the relationship between financial development and economic growth in Malaysia by observing different economic indicators concurrently. This study using Malaysia’s annual time series data from 1990 to 2019. This study employs descriptive statistics, regression estimations, unit root test, Johansen co-integration test, VAR, and VECM modeling. The FTSE Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (FBMKLCI) and domestic credit as a percentage to GDP (DC) have been used as proxies for financial development while GDP per capita and Industrial Production Index (IPI) as proxies for economic growth. The findings reveal that FBMKLCI and domestic credit produces a significant relationship towards GDP per capita in the long run and short run. Contrary results found in FBMKLCI-domestic credit-IPI nexus whereby FBMKLCI and domestic credit demonstrate negative association towards IPI. As this study uses the same variables to indicates the relationship towards unalike economic growth gauge, more dynamic work and effort shall be considered to enhance the results. Government and respective institutions shall play their role effectively to revisit or formulate policy and law of the financial system to stimulate the growth of the Malaysian economy.","PeriodicalId":225585,"journal":{"name":"Advanced International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128283185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE INFLUENCE OF FINANCIAL LITERACY ON WOMEN’S WEALTH IN BANDUNG, WEST JAVA","authors":"Namira Anezka Ayasha, R. A. Rahadi","doi":"10.35631/aijbaf.38002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35631/aijbaf.38002","url":null,"abstract":"The current state of the financial industry is starting to provide various products and services to help individuals overcome their financial difficulties. To pursue the expansion of the financial industry, individuals must be financially literate in helping them manage their financial products and services. This paper aims to determine factors of financial literacy that influence women’s wealth accumulation. This research produced a simple conceptual framework on the relationship between financial literacy and women’s wealth accumulation based on literature synthesis. The framework suggested that financial knowledge, financial behaviour, and financial attitude will influence financial literacy. In contrast, as moderating factors, demographics will also influence women’s financial literacy. Thus, financial literacy will influence wealth accumulation.","PeriodicalId":225585,"journal":{"name":"Advanced International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126439477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"NON-SHARIAH COMPLIANCE OF ISLAMIC BANKS AND CUSTOMERS COMMITMENT: TRUST AS MEDIATOR","authors":"M. Usman, A. A. Pitchay, Munazza Zahra","doi":"10.35631/aijbaf.38003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35631/aijbaf.38003","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper is to find out the impact of non-shariah compliance (NSC) of Islamic banks on the commitment of the customers and the role of trust as a mediator. The paper uses a quantitative approach by using surveys to collect data from 276 respondents. Smart PLS was used to run the analysis. Non-compliance of Islamic financial institutions with shari’ah principles significantly affects the commitment of the customers. Results of this showed that trust significantly impacts the commitment of the customers, study also indicated that trust mediates the relationship between the commitment and no-shari’ah compliance.","PeriodicalId":225585,"journal":{"name":"Advanced International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122634614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FIRM PERFORMANCE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: EVIDENCE FROM EAST AFRICA","authors":"David Namanya, M. Fong, Jude Thaddeo Mugarura","doi":"10.35631/aijbaf.370011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35631/aijbaf.370011","url":null,"abstract":"The main purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between corporate governance and firm performance; compare the influence of corporate governance on firm performance before and after the operationalization of the EAC- Common Market in 2010 and make recommendations about corporate governance codes that enhances firm performance. We adopted a positivist paradigm in a quantitative analysis using non-probability sampling to select forty-two EAC-listed companies. Hypothesizes were developed from literature review and secondary data from academic databases and annual reports was extracted and analysed using SPSS version 23 to generate descriptive statistics, correlation, and regression output. Our findings revealed that gender diversity of the board and enterprise risk management had no significant influence on firm performance but the relationship between board independence, the board size, and firm performance was inconclusive. On the changes in corporate governance indicators before and after the operationalization of the EAC Common Market in 2010, we discovered insignificant changes nevertheless, the results from regression model fit revealed that the indicators become relatively more relevant to company financial performance after the operationalization of the EAC Common Market in 2010 than before.","PeriodicalId":225585,"journal":{"name":"Advanced International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129506018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"JOB SATISFACTION AMONG AUDITORS","authors":"M. M. Saat, N. A. Halim, S. A. Rodzalan","doi":"10.35631/aijbaf.37006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35631/aijbaf.37006","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this research is to examine job satisfaction among auditors and the relationships between internal as well as external factors and job satisfaction. The research also examines internal and external factors of motivation; dimensions for internal factors include achievements, advancement, work itself, recognition and growth while for external, the dimensions are company policy, relationship with peers, work security, supervisory relationship, money, and working conditions. This research is guided by Herzberg’s Two Factor Theory which explains the difference between motivation and hygiene factors that can lead to job satisfaction. Data were collected using an online questionnaire distributed to auditors in Johor state audit firms with diverse personal and professional backgrounds. The results show that both internal and external factors of motivation have significant positive relationships with job satisfaction. ‘Achievement’ and ‘Growth’ are dominant internal factors of motivation towards job satisfaction while ‘Company policy’ and ‘Relationship with Supervisors’ are dominant external factors of motivation. The results of this research provide indicators to the employers, particularly audit firms, on the factors that influence job satisfaction, thus these employers could take appropriate actions in ensuring the well-being of their employees who are in this context are auditors.","PeriodicalId":225585,"journal":{"name":"Advanced International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123455974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"OVERVIEW OF SOCIAL INSURANCE IN MALAYSIA: INVALIDITY PENSION SCHEME (IPS)","authors":"M. Chek, I. L. Ismail","doi":"10.35631/aijbaf.37003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35631/aijbaf.37003","url":null,"abstract":"Social insurance is a public insurance programme that provides protection against various economic risks such as loss of income due to sickness, old age, invalidity, death, or unemployment, where participation is made to be compulsory. Social insurance is regarded as a type of social security, and the two terms are sometimes used interchangeably. Social insurance programmes differ from private insurance in several ways. Firstly, the contributions are normally compulsory and may be made by the insured’s employer, by the state, as well as by the insured himself. Benefits are also not as strictly tied to contributions as is the case with private insurance. For example, to make the programmes serve certain social purposes, some contributors are included among the beneficiaries even though they may not have contributed for the required period of time. Next, benefits may be increased in response to the rising cost of living, which reduces the amount between contributions and benefits. The main objective of this study is to understand the contribution and benefits of social insurance coverage under the Social Security Organisation (SOCSO)’s Invalidity Pension Scheme (IPS).","PeriodicalId":225585,"journal":{"name":"Advanced International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130525931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wan Rozima Mior Ahmed Shahimi, Ahmad Harith Ashrofie Hanafi, N. Yusof
{"title":"THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF PN17 AND GN3 STATUS FIRMS: DOES IT ADD SALT INTO THE WOUND?","authors":"Wan Rozima Mior Ahmed Shahimi, Ahmad Harith Ashrofie Hanafi, N. Yusof","doi":"10.35631/aijbaf.37004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35631/aijbaf.37004","url":null,"abstract":"The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about major changes to the Malaysian economic landscape in terms of productivity level, investment, and household spending. Nonetheless, the unprecedented presence of Covid-19 has caused an unexpected level of disruption to firms from a liquidity and leverage perspective that impacts financial performance. This study focused on financially distressed firms classified under PN17 and GN3 by Bursa Malaysia. Hence, the aim of this study is to examine the impact of liquidity, leverage, and the Covid-19 pandemic period on the financial performance of financially distressed firms in Malaysia which are classified as PN17 and GN3 firms. By using liquidity ratios, financial leverage ratios, and a dummy variable of Covid-19, the result showed that the current ratio, net working capital, and debt ratio were found significant to affect the financial performance. Meanwhile, there is no significant evidence to support that the Covid-19 pandemic has an impact on the performance of financially distressed firms. The finding indicates that the financially distressed firm’s financial performance was purely due to bad management practices, and not contributed by the Covid-19 pandemic.","PeriodicalId":225585,"journal":{"name":"Advanced International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121664565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE DISCLOSURE OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR), BASED ON THE MAQASID AL-SHARIAH IN MALAYSIA AND MENA REGION","authors":"N. Razali, Nizam Jaafar, Ismail b. Ahmad","doi":"10.35631/aijbaf.370010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35631/aijbaf.370010","url":null,"abstract":"Islamic Banking works in an economy and achieving the ideal position of Shariah financial institution requires continuous improvement and indicators. The right values and environment of a bank that is operating based on Shariah are important to ensure that the delivery services could be executed in the best manner possible. Islamic Bank therefore should embed with social and the charity work network for the purpose of its corporate social responsibility to the community. The fundamental issue which is due to the lack of focus on prioritising the social objective of Islamic organisations based on Shariah leads to the inadequacy of conventional CSR theories to underpin CSR practices of Islamic organisations. The existing concept of CSR is grounded on western perspectives, and it will be a great implication to delve into CSR within the Islamic perspectives. Therefore, the objective of this study to examine the extent of CSR based on Maqasid Al Shariah in terms of four dimensions of the Islamic Banks sector between Malaysia and the MENA region for the period of 2013 to 2018. This study employed a content analysis method to collect quantitative data on CSR based on Maqasid Al-Shariah in the Bank Islam annual report and stand-alone sustainability report. The content analysis was carried out to achieve this objective. The investigation on the content is based on CSR reporting in their annual report and stand-alone sustainability report according to what has been provided by the banks. The results of the analyses provide significant insight into the amount and nature of CSR among Islamic Banks across sectors. Generally, the CSR activities cover all organization activities related to the organization and its various stakeholder. Finally, through mean score ranking for CSRD items shows that there was a mixed ranking for CSR based on Maqasid Al-Shariah dimension and element in Malaysia and MENA region.","PeriodicalId":225585,"journal":{"name":"Advanced International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130066040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}