The Latin American banking sector has undergone a transformation in recent years because of changes in regulation and globalization as well as developments in telecommunications and information technology. A very important example of this has been financial liberalization wherein Latin America...

This paper provides new evidence on the long-run relationship between trade and budget deficits in ten African countries over the quarterly period 1973:2 - 2005:4. Cointegration analyses are based on four approaches: Harris-Inder (1994), Shin (1994), Geweke and Porter-Hudak (1983) and Sowell...

We present a simple and systematic process to analyze retention of learning assessment results. We suggested ways to deal with the data before applying any statistical tests. We applied several nonparametric statistical tests for differences in means, medians or entire distributions using actual...

The consideration in the present study is mainly conceptual. The objective is to showhow Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) can be used to reveal the true input-output relationsin an industry. In the estimation of a production function it is assumed that allfirms use the existing technology...

The consideration in the present study is mainly conceptual. The objective is to show how Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) can be used to reveal the true input-output relations in an industry. In the estimation of a production function it is assumed that all firms use the existing technology...

Latin American banking sector has undergone tremendous changes over the years as a result of changes in regulation, globalization and developments in Telecommunications and Information Technology. A very important development has been financial liberalization where Latin America opened its doors...

There has been growth in globalization as a result of increased liberalization. This has also resulted in an increase in the role of financial institutions, such as banks. It is the purpose of this study to test Classen’s (2001) hypothesis that increase foreign bank presence has positive...