Evaluation the productive Efficiency of Islamic and Conventional Banks in GCC countries
The purpose of this paper is to propose a method to evaluate the productive performance of Islamic banks operating in the GCC region, over the period 2005-2008. Thus, we evaluate the productive performance of Islamic banks with the technique of productive efficiency proposed by Farrell (1957).
The Determinants of Informality in Mexico's State
Informality has important implications for productivity, economic growth, and the inequality of income. In recent years, the extent of informal employment has increased in many of Mexico's states, though highly heterogeneously.