Purpose: This paper aims to examine the non-linear impact of inflation on financial development, and the moderating role of GDP in the relationship between inflation and financial development in a panel of 125 countries. Design/methodology/approach: It employs the dynamic common correlated...

The largest shareholder of an issuing firm in Hong Kong can be the underwriter for rights offers and open offers. We hypothesize that being an underwriter the largest shareholder who possesses more information is better than investment banks in certifying firm value and we find the evidence to...

This paper estimates the augmented real monetary conditions index (MCI) for Malaysia and evaluates its significance over 1980:1-2004:4 using ARDL cointegration analysis as proposed by Pesaran et al. (2001). The relative strength of the four monetary policy transmission channels, namely the...

This paper constructs the Augmented Monetary Conditions Index (AMCI) from 1982:1 to 2004:4 using Unrestricted Error Correction Model (UECM) and bounds test approach for the Philippines data. The results reveal evidence of cointegration between the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and its...

Using monthly data from seven mature and emerging markets and GARCH and EGARCH models, the study of Davis and Kutan (Applied Financial Economics, 13, 693-700, 2003) on inflation and output on stock returns and volatility is extended by including interest rate to compare the effect between three...

This paper constructs the augmented monetary conditions index (AMCI) over 1982:1-2004:4 using UECM and bounds test approach for the Philippines data. Results reveal evidence of cointegration between the real GDP and its determinants, namely short-term interest rate, exchange rate and claims on...