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The endogeneity of business cycle synchronisation in SADC : a GMM approach
Nzimande, Ntokozo Patrick; Ngalawa, Harold - In: Cogent economics & finance 5 (2017) 1, pp. 1-14
Studies often conclude that the proposed Southern African Development Community monetary union would be disastrous and not optimal for all member countries. This is because of the observed low, and sometimes negative business cycle correlation amongst member countries. However, it has been...
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Banks and economic growth in developing countries : what about Islamic banks?
Daly, Saida; Frikha, Mohamed - In: Cogent economics & finance 4 (2016) 1, pp. 1-26
Islamic banks (IBs) have a significant role in the growth of gross domestic product of the developing countries. The Islamic participatory schemes integrate the assets of lenders and borrowers. They allow enable IBs to lend on a longer term basis to create projects with higher risk-return...
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Banking concentration and developments in FYROM : a country in transition
Hourvouliades, Nikolas; Davcev, Ljupco - In: Cogent economics & finance 2 (2014) 1, pp. 1-12
structural changes in their domestic markets during the 2000s. We examine the evolution of the banking competition from 2003 … European countries. We apply the Herfindahl-Hirschman index and the CR3 and CR5 indicators in order to estimate banking … unaffected, staying loyal to their prior choices. We analyze the banking sector profitability since 2008 and during the economic …
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The impact of ownership structure on bank productivity and efficiency : evidence from semi-parametric Malmquist Productivity Index
Fadzlan Sufian; Fakarudin Kamarudin - In: Cogent economics & finance 2 (2014) 1, pp. 1-26
sources of efficiency and productivity of the foreign and domestic banks operating in the Malaysian banking sector. The … (technological change [TECHCH]). The results indicate that the Malaysian banking sector has exhibited productivity progress mainly …
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Assessing the performance of the Latin American and Caribbean banking industry : are domestic and foreign banks so different?
Sáez Fernández, Francisco Javier; Picazo Tadeo, … - In: Cogent economics & finance 3 (2015) 1, pp. 1-16
This paper studies the relative performance of domestic and foreign banks in the Latin American and Caribbean banking …
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Cross-prefecture expansion of regional banks in Japan and its effects on lending-based income
Kondo, Kazumine - In: Cogent economics & finance 3 (2015) 1, pp. 1-11
This paper examines whether Japanese regional banks entering the banking market in other prefectures, including …-based relationship banking practices. In this study, three lending-based income measures were used as dependent variables, and estimation …
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Bank profitability : insights from the rural banking industry in Ghana
Adusei, Michael - In: Cogent economics & finance 3 (2015) 1, pp. 1-15
This paper analyzes the profitability of 112 rural banks (special unit banks created to promote rural financial intermediation in Ghana). The results generally show that bank size, funding risk, diversification, liquidity risk, and bank stability are significant predictors of rural bank...
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The impact of bank size and funding risk on bank stability
Adusei, Michael - In: Cogent economics & finance 3 (2015) 1, pp. 1-19
stability? This paper addresses these two questions with data from the rural banking industry in Ghana. Controlling for credit …
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Economic growth in oil-exporting countries : do stock market and banking sector development matter? ; evidence from Nigeria
Nwani, Chinazaekpere; Orie, Jacob Bassey - In: Cogent economics & finance 4 (2016) 1, pp. 1-11
This study empirically examines the independent effects of stock market and banking sector development on economic … study found both stock market and banking sector development insignificant in influencing economic growth in Nigeria. In …
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Factors affecting bank customers usage of electronic banking in Ethiopia : application of structural equation modeling (SEM)
Teka, Beza Muche - In: Cogent economics & finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-27
Electronic banking services have not been widely used by most bank customers in Ethiopia; most bank customers continue … to conduct most of their banking transactions using traditional methods. Therefore, the main objective of this study is … to identify factors that affect customers’ usage of electronic banking services. The type of research applied in this …
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