Document Type : Research Paper

Author

• Morteza Ezzati

Assistant Professor, Tarbiat Modarres University

Abstract

The empirical methods have special position in methodology of economics. One of the important problems in Islamic economic methodology is the possibility of finding a typical example for empirical analysis in Islamic economic system. The paper attempts to analyze whether the economic systems in Moslem communities are relevent cases for studying the Islamic economic system.
    After reviewing the literature, and defining the concepts of Islamic system and economic system, we discuss the existing argument for existance or absence of these typical examples. Using the accepted concepts, the subject was analyzed rigorously. It is concluded that in the first 40 yaers of Islamic era, the Islamic economic system was dominant. However, in the other periods, there only existed some Islamic economic activities by governments which could be used as cases of Islamic economic system.
 

Keywords

• Islamic Economics
• Economic System
• Experimental Test