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Table 1 Costs of various Islamic financial instruments

From: Testing the pecking order theory of capital structure: the case of Islamic financing modes

Instruments

Direct costs

Indirect costs

Total costs

Funds

Contracting/floatation

Dilution

Distress

Information

Debt-based

      

 Murabahah

L(= 1)

L(= 1)

N(= 0)

M(= 2)

N(= 0)

4

 Ijara

L(= 1)

L(= 1)

N(= 0)

M(= 2)

N(= 0)

4

Equity-based

      

 Mudarabah

M(= 2)

M(= 2)

M(= 2)

N(= 0)

H(= 3)

9

 Musharakah

H(= 3)

H(= 3)

H(= 3)

N(= 0)

M(= 2)

11

Hybrid

      

 Sukuk

L(= 1)

M(= 2)

L(= 1)

M(= 2)

H(= 3)

9

  1. H high (with value 3), M medium (with value 2), L low (with value 1) and N negligible (with value 0)