Determinants of corporate demand for Islamic insurance in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Abdul Hamid, Mohamad, Osman, Jamil, Amin Noordin, Bany Ariffin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2009
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13942/1/13942.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13942/; http://econ.upm.edu.my/ijem/vol3_no2.htm

This study is the first attempt to empirically investigate the determinants of corporate demand for Islamic insurance (takaful) using data from main board of public listed companies at Bursa Malaysia. Factors like leverage, growth opportunities, expected bankruptcy costs, company size, managerial ow...