presents some of the major concepts, principles, analytical methods and tools useful for making investment and finance … secondary mortgage markets. The investment behavior of real estate assets. The development of REITs and securitized debt markets …, portfolio or firm level decisions and investment management considerations. (More fundamental "micro" level analysis, pertaining …

reduce their investment. This is the "Loanable Funds" theory. Ben Bernanke's "Global Saving Glut" thesis is based on this … finance the US real estate boom. Using simple accounting rules, the article shows however that credit is never limited by … of payment - which only the US can produce - Americans give credit to themselves to finance their current account …

intermediary channels of depth, efficiency, activity and size. The findings show that legal origin matters in the finance-investment … nexus, though its ability to explain aggregate investment dynamics only through financial intermediary channels is limited …

funds only benefit the rich to the detriment of the poor. The use of financial and investment dimensions previously missing … in the literature provide new insights into the finance-inequality nexus. Policy implications are discussed. …

Hitherto very few studies on the inequality-finance(investment) nexus have focused on the African continent owing to … how finance affects pro-poor investment channels. Findings reveal, but for the case of foreign investment, financial … lack of relevant data. This paper integrates previously missing investment and financial components in the assessment of …

This study complements existing literature by investigating how investment-driven finance affects inequality in Africa … investment, financial dynamics of depth, efficiency, activity and size enhance equalizing income-distribution through domestic …, private and public investment channels. Policy implications are discussed with particular emphasis on improving inclusive …

needs of the relatively low growth divisions for less investment and the needs of the relatively high growth divisions for … more investment. Higher differences in growth opportunities imply that more capital is misallocated. This study finds that … for a spinoff. Spinoffs should result in a shift to the “right" investment policy and to better operating performance for …

correlate of private investment than financial intermediary development. The interaction of finance and governance is not …The study extends the debate on finance versus institutions and measurement of property rights institutions. We assess … the relationships between various components of property rights institutions and private investment, notably: political …

This dissertation examines issues in banking and the financing of corporate investment. The first chapter investigates … the impact of changes in a bank's health on the investment behavior of its current borrowers for a panel of U.S. firms. I … investment when the health of their primary bank deteriorates. This effect is only present while the firm maintains a borrowing …