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Shadow banking: Financial intermediation beyond banks

Jokivuolle, Esa (contributor) - 2018

Shadow banking is a broad concept. A possible definition is that it comprises non-bank institutions which undertake bank-like activities. Another characteristic is that the sector is overall less regulated. Therefore there are still shortcomings in systematic collection of information of the sector.

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Private Equity, Investment and Financial Constraints – Firm-Level Evidence for France and the United Kingdom

Engel, Dirk; Stiebale, Joel - 2009

financing and buyouts by private equity investors on investment of portfolio firms in the UK and France - two countries with … higher investment levels and a lower dependence on internal funds after expansion financing. Buyouts financed by venture … capital companies are neither associated with a decrease in investment spending nor with an increase in the dependence on …

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The private equity premium puzzle revisited: new evidence on the role of heterogeneous risk attitudes

Fossen, Frank M. - 2008

The empirical finding that entrepreneurs tend to invest a large share of their wealth in their own firms despite comparably low returns and high risk has become known as the private equity premium puzzle. This paper provides evidence supporting the hypothesis that lower risk aversion of...

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Investing into microfinance investment funds

Janda, Karel; Svárovská, Barbora - 2009

This paper investigates investment performance of microfinance investment funds. The examined funds have recorded lower … revealed that investment in microfinance investment funds that focus especially on debt instruments represents an attractive … investors with a particular interest in the socially responsible aspect of investment into microfinance. …

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Male vs. female business owners: Are there differences in investment behavior?

Pelger, Ines - 2011

This paper analyzes gender differences in the investment activity of German small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs … if they invest, then their average investment rate is lower. These differences cannot entirely be explained by firm or … owner characteristics. Furthermore, women’s investment is less sensitive to cash flow, which indicates that it is unlikely …

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Asset prices and macroeconomic outcomes: A survey

Claessens, Stijn; Kose, M. Ayhan - 2017

This paper surveys the literature on the linkages between asset prices and macroeconomic outcomes. It focuses on three major questions. First, what are the basic theoretical linkages between asset prices and macroeconomic outcomes? Second, what is the empirical evidence supporting these...

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Evidences of Efficient Investment Portfolio in Indian Capital Markets - An Analysis Based on BSE and NSE Indices

Mehta, Deepshikha - 2015

A decent budgetary portfolio is nothing more, and nothing less, than an accumulation of advantages that develop in quality and produce abundance money for the financial specialist to spend or reinvest. Markowitz (1959) is one of the pioneers of present day portfolio hypothesis. Generally, the...

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A comparative analysis of the nature of stock return volatility in BRICS and G7 markets

Muguto, Lorraine; Muzindutsi, Paul-Francois - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 15 (2022) 2, pp. 1-27

Through globalization and financial market liberalization, the opening up of markets has increased cross-border investments as investors search for higher risk-adjusted returns. This ability to invest internationally has raised the attention given to emerging markets that offer higher...

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Investor sentiment and stock return volatility: Evidence from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange

Rupande, Lorraine; Muguto, Hilary Tinotenda; … - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 7 (2019) 1, pp. 1-16

Volatility is an important component of asset pricing; an increase in volatility on markets can trigger changes in the risk distribution of financial assets. In conventional financial theory, investors are considered to be rational and any changes in relevant risk are assumed to be a result of...

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Ramadan effect on stock market return and trade volume: Evidence from Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE)

Hassan, Md. Hashibul; Kayser, Md. Shahidullah - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 7 (2019) 1, pp. 1-10

A predictable pattern of stock market return is the violation of the efficient market hypothesis (EMH). It is well studied and evident in financial literature that stock markets around the world have predictable patterns, e.g. calendar effect, behavioural effect, and Religious festival effect....

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