How did a health crisis translate to an economic crisis? Why did the spread of the coronavirus bring the global economy to its knees? The answer lies in two methods by which coronavirus stifled economic activities. First, the spread of the virus encouraged social distancing which led to the...

The Prime Minster Jan-Dhan Yojna (PMJDY), started in 2014, follows in a long line of drives for financial inclusion in India, marked only by a much greater scope and ambition than previous roll outs. This top down approach to close the gap on the unbanked of India relies primarily on public...

Managers are concerned about how the macroeconomic environment affects business profit. Focusing on banks, this study investigates the effect of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on bank profitability in 22 advanced countries. The measures of bank profitability are net interest margin,...

We investigate whether banks use loan loss provisions to smooth income and whether this behaviour is influenced by foreign bank presence, ownership and institutional quality differences across African countries. We examine 370 banks from 21 African countries from 2002 to 2021. We find evidence...