FIELD EXPERIMENTS IN ECONOMICS By: Ravisha Sodha INTRODUCTION: Field experiments occupy an important middle ground between laboratory experiments and naturally occurring field data. The underlying idea behind most field experiments is to make use of randomization in an environment that captures important characteristics of the real world. Distinct from traditional empirical economics‚ field experiments provide an advantage by permitting the researcher to create exogenous variation in the variables
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Questionnaire (Islamic Bank Account Holders) Branch Name: Perceptions of peoples towards Islamic Banking in Pakistan Purpose: The purpose of this questionnaire is to know your view on Islamic Banking in Pakistan. Your response will help me to complete my Ph.D. dissertation. All information will be for statistical use only and will remain strictly confidential. Thank you‚ in advance for your kind cooperation. 1. Your Age (Please Circle the appropriate category A.18-30 Yrs. B. 31-40
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Concept of Maqasid Al-Syariah In directly meaning Maqasid Al-Syariah can be define as the objectives of Islamic law. However‚ in linguistic meaning Maqasid is define as follow‚ a goal or as an inspiration meanwhile Al-Syariah is define as the law that God reveal to Muhammad involving all aspects of life such as family institution‚ in finance or it can say the way of a Muslims live their life. In together term Maqasid Al-Syariah carriers the meaning based on its constituent part
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ISLAMIC LIFE INSURANCE (TAKAFUL)‚ IT’S EVOLUTION‚ COMPARISON WITH CONVENTIONAL LIFE INSURANCE‚ AND ROLE OF DAWOO TAKAFUL ( AN INSURANCE COMPANY OFFERING LIFE INSURANC IN PAKISTAN ) FOR TAKAFUL INDUSTRY IN PAKISTAN Table of Contents 1.0 LIFE INSURANCE/CONVENTIONAL LIFE INSURANCE 2 2.0 ISLAMIC LIFE INSURANCE 2 3.0 WHY LIFE INSURANCE NECESSARY 2 4.0 COMPARISON BETWEEN COVENTIONAL LIFE INSURANNCE AND ISLAMIC LIFE INSURANCE 2 4.1 HOW CONVETIONAL INSURANCE WORKS 3 4.2 DIFFERENTATION OF
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2002‚ Black‚ et al.‚ 2008). More than ten million children under five years of age die annually worldwide and percentage of child deaths in sub-Saharan Africa is approximately 41% and another 34% in south Asia (Black‚ et al.‚ 2003). It was estimated that more than 50% of these child deaths could be attributed to the potentiating effects of malnutrition in infectious disease such as diarrhoea‚ pneumonia‚ malaria‚ tuberculosis‚ and other infections (Rice‚ et al.‚ 2000‚ Caulfield‚ et al.‚ 2004). As
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Life With ALS Have you ever wondered what the meaning behind the infamous ice bucket challenge is? Many people do not fully understand the actual diseases that the ice bucket challenge portrays. ALS and CTE’s are diseases that are developed due to abundance of concussions‚ and lack of treatment for those concussions. Most people who develop these diseases are athletes who played contact sports during their high school years or people who continued and went on to play professional. Many athletes
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Development of Islamic Movements Dr. Abdurahman Abdullahi ( Baadiyow)i The historical evolution of the Islamic movements in Somalia have attracted less academic interest in the research communities and existing modest literature addresses Islam from the margins of history‚ through Orientalist and secularist discourses and security perspectives. Nonetheless‚ scholarship on Islam in Somalia slightly improved since the collapse of the Somali state in 1991 and increased role of the Islamic movements afterwards
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The Greatest Islamic Empire By S. Franklin Islamic History The three major empires in Islamic history were the Ottoman Empire‚ the Safavid Empire‚ and the Mughal Empire. The Mughals claimed legitimacy by their ancestor‚ Tamer-the-Lame. Mughals were fairly tolerant of non-Muslims‚ as the majority of the common people in their empire were Hindus. This empire occupied most of modern day India‚ Nepal‚ and Pakistan. The Safavids controlled most of modern day Afghanistan‚ Iran‚ Turkmenistan
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Efficiency of Islamic Banks in Malaysia Mariani Abdul Majid* NOR GHANI MD. NOR** FATHIN FAIZAH SAID ABSTRACT IN RECENT YEARS‚ MALAYSIAN ISLAMIC BANKS HAVE TO OPERATE IN AN INCREASINGLY COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT. THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS THE COMPETITION FROM CONVENTIONAL BANKS PICKS UP‚ PARTLY IN RESPONSE TO THE ASEAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (AFTA)‚ BUT ALSO IN RESPONSE TO THE GENERAL GLOBALIZATION OF MARKETS. HOW ISLAMIC BANKS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE INCREASED COMPETITIVE PRESSURES
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Al Gore Speaks on Global Warming and the Environment Beacon Theater‚ New York January 15‚ 2004‚ Noon Thank you‚ Carol‚ Joan and Peter. And thanks to all of you for coming here today. lt was an honor to work with Carol Browner on environmental policies in the last administration and I am grateful for her leadership of Environment 2004. I want to thank Peter for his leadership as Executive Director of MoveOn.org Civic Action and I appreciate all of those who have worked in the trenches with
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