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This chapter reviews and synthesizes theoretical and empirical research on the role of finance in developing countries. First, the paper presents the stylized facts about firms in developing nations as well as the legal, financial, and broader institutional framework in which these firms...
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Financial development has a major role in the sustainable economic growth of Central and Eastern European emerging countries, particularly after their political and structural changes. These changes required a reform of financial sectors of these countries, such as capital market development,...
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paper describes how specialization of banks can lead to such feedback effects, which work through the cost of financial … intermediation. In the empirical part of the paper we use US cross-state data from banks' income statements to show that the cost of …
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In the last decade, Arab countries achieved significant progress in financial sector reforms in recognition that economic growth is often associated with increasing financial deepening. In light of these developments, it is important to investigate the relationship between financial development...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the pre- and post-split behavior for trades and quotes of iShare exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that split in June 2005. The objective is to determine whether post-split changes in the bid-ask spread, trade turnover, average dollar-size trade,...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the profitability of different ownership forms of banks. The two … is examined. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses Call Report Data on Wisconsin banks as collected by SNL …-corrected ordinary least squares (OLS) model was used. Findings – Subchapter S banks were found to be more profitable (as measured by ROA …
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of community banks. Design/methodology/approach – This study estimates online banking intensity and bank performance … additional channel of marketing banking services has significantly improved the financial performance of community banks … community banks to adopt new information technologies and offer targeted online services. Originality/value – This paper is the …
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