Banking and Economic Rent in Asia

Yasushi Suzuki is Professor at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan.Mohammad Dulal Miah is Assistant Professor at the University of Nizwa, Oman.Manjula K. Wanniarachchige is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka.S. M. Sohrab Uddin is Professor at the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

• IntroductionPart I: Theoretical framework for empirical analyses1. Overview of theories of financial sector rent and bank rent opportunities: a critical view (Yasushi Suzuki, Mohammad Dulal Miah, and Manjula, K. Wanniarachchige)2. Banks as financial intermediaries and their roles in economic development (Manjula K. Wanniarachchige, Mohammad Dulal Miah, Yasushi Suzuki)3. Creating bank rent in developing countries: an integrated model (Manjula K. Wanniarachchige)4. A new conceptualization of Islamic bank rent (Yasushi Suzuki and S.M. Sohrab Uddin)Part II: Empirical studies5. China's non-performing bank loan crisis: the role of economic rents (Yasushi Suzuki and Mohammad Dulal Miah)6. Bank Rent, bank performance and financial stability in Sri Lanka (Manjula K. Wanniarachchige)7. Islamic bank rent: comparison among Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia and Pakistan (Yasushi Suzuki, S. M. Sohrab Uddin, Sigit Pramono and Shoaib Khan)8. Financial sector rents in GCC Countries: are Islamic banks different? (Yasushi Suzuki and Mohammad Dulal Miah)9. Japan's quantitative easing policy: implications for bank rents (Yasushi Suzuki and Mohammad Dulal Miah)Conclusion