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Analysis of UAE Bank Stocks
Rao, Ananth - EconWPA - 2003
Listing of stocks on the stock exchange offers business firms several advantages such as diversification, liquidity, establishing a value for the firm etc. The present paper analyses stocks of six commercial banks (viz., Dubai Commercial Bank, Emirates Bank International, National Bank of Dubai,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005413135
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Officials on boards and the prudential behavior of banks: Evidence from China's city commercial banks
Qian, Xianhang; Zhang, Guangli; Liu, Haiming - In: China Economic Review 32 (2015) C, pp. 84-96
China's City Commercial Banks during 2006–2010. We further explore the impact of OADs' characteristics and the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011191191
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DO EXTERNAL FUNDS YIELD LOWER RETURNS ? RECENT EVIDENCE FROM EAST ASIAN ECONOMIES
Pal, Sarmistha; Driffield, Nigel - EconWPA - 2003
Using a large firm level panel data set from four Asian countries, this paper compares the returns to various internal and external funds. A novel feature of our analysis is that we distinguish between financially constrained and unconstrained firms and determine selectivity-corrected estimates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076952
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Is there a trade-off between financial performance and outreach in south asian Microfinance institutions?
Adhikary, Sanju; Papachristou, George - In: Journal of Developing Areas 48 (2014) 4, pp. 381-402
profitability and efficiency, and (b) depth in contrast to breadth mitigates risks. Overall, our findings do not confirm a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213029
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Bank efficiency in Africa
Oluitan, Roseline - In: Journal of Developing Areas 48 (2014) 2, pp. 205-221
This study examines the efficiency of the financial sector in African countries. It aims to investigate if ìThe … intermediation process and efficiency in the banking system (Vittas, 1991; Howard & Haynes, 2001). In this paper, the cost function …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213196
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MIKROFINANČNÍ REVOLUCE: AKTUÁLNÍ KONTROVERZE A VÝZVY
Janda, Karel; Zetek, Pavel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
innovations, trends and efficiency. In particular, we focus on controversial issues of microfinance, such as commercialization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258789
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Microfinance efficiency in the West African Economic and Monetary Union: have reforms promoted sustainability or outreach?
KABLAN, Sandrine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This study aims to assess the microfinance institutions’ (MFIs’) efficiency in the West African Economic and Monetary … outreach. For this purpose, we use a data envelopment analysis (DEA) to measure the social efficiency on the one hand and the … financial efficiency on the other hand. Our results show that sustainability prevails. Indeed, we observe an increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260252
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Microfinance Revolution: Controversies and Challenges
Janda, Karel; Zetek, Pavel - In: Politická ekonomie 2015 (2015) 1, pp. 108-130
innovations, trends and efficiency. In particular, we focus on controversial issues of microfinance, such as commercialization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011228244
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Can Financial Infrastructures Foster Economic Development?.
Amable, B.; Chatelain, J.-B. - Banque de France - 2001
In this paper, financial infrastructures increase the efficiency of the banking sector: they decrease the market power …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487052
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Does Islamic Banking Development Favour Macroeconomic Efficiency? Evidence on the Islamic Finance – Growth Nexus
Gheeraert, Laurent; Weill, Laurent - Laboratoire de Recherche en Gestion (LaRGE), Institut … - 2014
This study evaluates whether the development of Islamic banking influences macroeconomic efficiency. Thus, we … approach to estimate technical efficiency at the country level for a sample of 70 countries. We use a unique hand … favours macroeconomic efficiency. Furthermore, we have support for a non-linear relation with efficiency for Islamic banking …
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