Financial Stability of Islamic Rural Banking in Indonesia: Empirical Study
Agus Widarjono, M.B. Hendrie Anto and Faaza Fakhrunnas
Department of economics, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Abstract
Islamic bank offers a distinct contract from a conventional bank. Instead of using fixed cost with interest rate, Islamic bank provides the contracts both with profit-and-loss sharing and non-profit-and-loss sharing systems. This present study analyzes whether Islamic rural bank (IRB) performs in Indonesia better than the conventional rural bank (CRB) as their competitors. IRBs financial performance is measured by two measures, namely financial stability (Z-score) and profitability (ROA). The data used is monthly data starting from 2009: M1-208: M12. The results report that the IRBs Z-Score is higher than CRBs Z-Score. This finding shows that the IRB is more resistant to failure than CRB. However, based on the ARDL model as a dynamic regression, the stability of the IRB is very vulnerable to changes in the CAR, output, and inflation compared to CRB. The IRBs profit level is lower than CRB profit. Bank characteristics influencing IRBs profits are bank size and CAR, while macro variables affecting IBRs profit are output and inflation.
Keywords: Islamic Rural Banking, Financial Stability, ARDL, Indonesia
Topic: Islamic Economics and Business