Part I: Econometrics of Financial Markets -- Information Asymmetry, Liquidity and the Dynamic Volume-Return Relation in Panel Data Analysis -- Density forecasts of emerging markets’ exchange rates using Monte Carlo simulation with regime switching -- Determination of the own funds requirements...

Convergence to the Centre -- Financial Markets: Banks Capital Markets -- Firm Size, Productivity, EU-Funds and Corruption -- Labour Markets: Structural Characteristics and the Impact of Two Crises -- Transport and Mobility -- Monetary, Macroprudential, and Fiscal Policy -- Green Economy: Energy,...

Einleitung -- Die politische Dimension von Sezessionen -- Die völkerrechtliche Zulässigkeit von Sezessionen: Quadratur des juristischen Kreises? Sezessionen im Spannungsfeld zwischen Selbstbestimmungsrecht und Wahrung territorialer Integrität -- Die ökonomische Dimension von Sezessionen --...

Corporate Finance and Financial Development: An Introduction -- Entrepreneurs' dynamic capabilities, financial resource development and financial performance among small and medium enterprises in emerging markets: Experience from Tanzania -- Does ICT Diffusion Drive the Finance-Growth Nexus?...

Characteristics of Mining Capital -- Developing a Mining Business Case for Investment: Methods -- Marketing the Mining Business Case: Best Practice -- Raising Mining Capital: Best Practices -- Mining Capital Case Studies -- References

1. Paper 19. The China-US Trade Imbalance: Evaluating Remedial Macroeconomic Measures -- 2. Paper 152. Does Carbon Emission Reduction Affect Corporate Performances: Evidence from China -- 3. Paper 30. Return and Asymmetric Volatility Transmissions between Main Stock Market and Second-Tier Stock...

Terms and Essays -- Deposit Insurance Schemes -- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act: Creating a New Bank for a New Millennium -- Pre-funded Coupon and Zero-Coupon Bonds: Cost of Capital Analysis -- Intertemporal Risk and Currency Risk -- Credit Derivatives -- Foreign exchange risk premium and policy...

Chapter 1: The importance of Dynamic Capabilities in the Post North African Market Survival of African SME International New Ventures (INVs) -- Chapter 2: Uncovering the role of institutional context for nascent entrepreneurial ventures -- Chapter 3: The interaction between family businesses and...