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Application of penalized splines method in the credit market
Yao, Zhilin - 2008
"Mortgage-related hit worse than expected" has been a frequently cited phrase in recent months, and is usually followed by a list of victims consisting of banks and hedge funds. Although the current mortgage mess was caused by the subprime mortgage or bad credit mortgage, the broad impact of...
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Regional integration of equity markets in Sub-Saharan Africa
Piesse J.; Hearn B. - 2005
Equity markets in developing and emerging economies have grown in number and importance as a result of financial market globalisation. However, their role in economic growth and development is enhanced if nascent markets are integrated with well-established ones. Market integration, measured by...
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Ausländische Direktinvestitionen als Wachstumsmotor? - Eine Empirische Analyse am Beispiel Lateinamerikas
Hinrichs, Cord - 2005
kausale Beziehung zwischen ausländischen Direktinvestitionen (DI) und Wirtschaftswachstum in 6 lateinamerikanischen Ländern … aufgeworfen, wie die Interaktion zwischen DI und inländischem Wirtschaftswachstum zu sehen ist. Auch wenn in der theoretischen als … auch empirischen Literatur signifikante Belege für eine Verbindung zwischen DI und Wirtschaftswachstum zu finden sind, so …
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Annual Hard Frosts and Economic Growth
Zuo, Xinjuan - 2005
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Development and Gender Inequality ; Development and Gender Inequality
Lamanna, Francesca - 2013
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Risk Rationing in China Rural Credit Markets
Khantachavana, Sivalai V.; Turvey, Calum G.; Kong, Rong - 2011
The purpose of this paper is to provide a specific test of Boucher, Carter et al.(2008) framework on risk rationing. The data were collected through a survey of 730farm households in Shaanxi province conducted in November 2010. We comparefactor associated with risk rationed, quantity rationed...
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Are Foreign Banks Bad for Development Even If They Are Efficient? Evidence from the Indian Banking Industry
Piesse, Jenifer; Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar - 2003
Most papers on banking focus on profitability and cost efficiency as measures of performance. In doing so, these papers ignore the fact that, unlike in the manufacturing and services sector industries, the long term viability of a bank depends more on its ability to assess credit worthiness of...
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The Lending Channel in Emerging Economies: A Look at the International Evidence
Vazquez, Francisco - 2005
This thesis studies the role of banks in the transmission of nominal shocks into credit markets in emerging countries. It builds on the lending channel hypothesis, which states that, due to imperfections in capital markets, banks may not be able to completely offset a negative shock to deposits...
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Essays of credit market behavior and bankruptcy
Corbae, Dean (contributor) - 2011
Since the 1980s, household debt has been increasing rapidly. The high level of household indebtedness has been accompanied by a high household bankruptcy rate. My research attempts to provide a better understanding of the theoretical mechanisms behind these credit market and bankruptcy...
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