Distribution of Depositors’ Return and The Income Smoothing Hypothesis by Malaysian Islamic Banks
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https://doi.org/10.7187/GJATSI2018-12Keywords:
Income smoothing, Distribution of depositors’ return (DDR), Islamic banks, Investment account holders (IAHs), Displaced commercial risk (DCR)Abstract
The paper aims to examine whether Malaysian Islamic banks carry out income smoothing with regards to their distribution of depositors’ return. The paper also examines the extent Malaysian Islamic banks engage earnings and capital management in their distribution of depositors’ return. This empirical study uses balanced panel data from 16 Malaysian Islamic banks, for the period 2008-2012. The regression model is estimated using random effects specifications. The findings indicate that the earnings before tax, zakat, and provision have a positive but insignificant effect on distribution of depositors’ return (DDR) whilst the total capital before provision has a positive and significant effect on the DDR. These findings suggest that Islamic banks carry out income smoothing on the distribution of depositors’ return via capital management. Islamic banks also smooth their earnings through distribution of depositors’ return to avoid earnings troughs when earnings are poor. The findings shows prudence exercise among Malaysian Islamic banks with the objectives of mitigating displaced commercial risk (DCR), which involves massive withdrawal and bank runs risks.
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