HOUSE PRICE CHANGES AND ISLAMIC BANK STABILITY: EVIDENCE FROM MALAYSIA
In this paper, we examine the relationship between house price and Islamic bank stability in Malaysia. In particular, in relating to Islamic bank stability to Malaysian house price changes, we evaluate the nature of the relationship from the perspective of nonlinearities. The Autoregressive Distribu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Bank Indonesia
2019-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Islamic Monetary Economics and Finance |
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| Online Access: | http://jimf-bi.org/index.php/JIMF/article/view/1044 |
| Summary: | In this paper, we examine the relationship between house price and Islamic
bank stability in Malaysia. In particular, in relating to Islamic bank stability to
Malaysian house price changes, we evaluate the nature of the relationship from the
perspective of nonlinearities. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model
is applied to a sample that consists of 9 Islamic banks in Malaysia for the period
of 2000-2016. Our results indicate that there is an inverted U-shaped relationship
between house price and Islamic bank stability in the long run. Meanwhile, the
relationship is insignificant in the short-run. To put it differently, initially, the
higher house prices, the more stable the bank. Then, the impact of house prices on
bank stability becomes negative when house prices surpass the threshold point.
As far as the bank-specific characteristics are concerned, the cost to income ratio
is found to significantly and negatively related to the bank stability. Such a result
has policy implications in which it is crucial for achieving balance in the housing
market, and efficiently managing the cost is equally important to ensure Islamic
bank soundness. |
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| ISSN: | 2460-6146 2460-6618 |