This paper investigates the impact of External Factors (EF) on the Loan Delinquency (LD) of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs). Drawing upon a field level survey developed in line with Likert scale (5) and conducted in 2014- 2015 to 416 respondents in 78 MFIs located in seven different regions of...

The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the determinants of leverage in Korea. The study is conducted using 2005-2015 sample period and data of 563 listed companies in the Korean securities market. It analyzes the relationship between leverage and profitability (return on equity),...

Valuations of currencies and their variability are often noted to have inexplicable aftermaths on international trade, and the overall economic performance. This paper sets to find out empirically, the effects of financial crisis on international trade. We limited our study by focusing on the...

The paper is aimed at comparing MFIs practice and code of conduct in Afghanistan and Cameroon based on founder's philosophy. It seeks to find out if the MFIs are ethical in their practices and how the strive to achieve sustainability and social responsibility. This study made use of twelve...

This study investigates the relationship between Price-Earnings ratio and return on stocks. The result is use to appraise the efficiency of the Korean stock market. Findings statistically oppose S. Basu (1977) results. He realized Price-Earnings ratio effect but this study found no statistical...

This paper compare the money and capital market of two formal French colonies, Cameroon and Ivory Coast. Aggregate lending and stock market capitalization were used as money and capital market performance variables respectively. A ratio of these variables to GDP determine the extent to which...

This paper investigates a cross-sectional risk-reward relationship (Sharpe-Lintner-Mossin paradigm), Fama and French (1992) size effect and conditional CAPM (Pettengill, 1995). It adopts Fama and Macbeth (1973) methodology and uses data of listed Korean stock (KOSPI). Without considering...

This paper compare the money and capital market of two formal French colonies, Cameroon and Ivory Coast. Aggregate lending and stock market capitalization were used as money and capital market performance variables respectively. A ratio of these variables to GDP determine the extent to which...

In this paper, our focused was to analyze the causes of micro financial sector's instability and frequent bankruptcy in Cameroon. After a valid theoretical review, we identified three core sector`s destabilizing factors (loan delinquency, competition and limited capital in Cameroon. The...

This is an exploratory study on the financing decision of corporate Korean market. It is aimed to know if the fruits of investment (returns) can influence subsequent periods leverage position. It equally investigated the relationship between market performance of stock (measure by market to book...