This paper examines the determinants of the "bid-asked" spread on the Canadian option market and evaluates their relative importance. It also sheds some light on the interrelationship between the "bid-asked" spread of options and that of their underlying securities in order to determine if the...

The main purpose of this study is to establish the mediating role of financial intermediaries in the relationship between financial literacy and financial inclusion of the poor in developing countries with data from rural Uganda. The data for this study were analyzed using Partial Least Square...

The main purpose of this study is to establish the mediating role of financial intermediaries in the relationship between financial literacy and financial inclusion of the poor in developing countries with data from rural Uganda. The data for this study were analyzed using Partial Least Square...

The literature on the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI), financial market development (FMD) and economic growth focuses mainly on two aspects: the relationship between FDI and economic growth, and the role played by FMD in that linkage. The literature is almost silent on the...

The literature on the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI), financial market development (FMD) and economic growth focuses mainly on two aspects: the relationship between FDI and economic growth and the role played by FMD in that linkage. The literature is almost silent on the...

The empirical results in recent finance literature reveal that conditional performance measures generally improve our perception of fund managers. Furthermore, it has been shown that using daily data in an unconditional framework increases the proportion of abnormal performances relative to...

This paper presents an analysis of the relative importance and influence of various socio-economic, institutional and systemic factors considered relevant to portfolio managers' risk perception of securities. The analysis is based on data from a 1990 survey in which twenty institutional...

Measuring the performance of a portfolio manager (PM) is an important concern of financial theory. La mesure de la performance des gestionnaires de portefeuille est un sujet d’importance majeure en finance.