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Israel; Detailed Assessment of IOSCO Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
Israel’s compliance with International Organization of Securities Commissions’ objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation has been assessed. The regulatory regime is well developed and in most respects is comparable with that of major jurisdictions. For the most part, it is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242660
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Der Wertpapierprospekt: empirische Befunde zur Qualität der Risikoangaben bei Neuemissionen
Henselmann, Klaus; Klein, Martin; Maier, Christian - Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The paper analyzes the risk disclosure quality in the prospectus of IPOs in Germany between 2006 and 2008. Quality of risk information is measured as precision and comprehensibility. The relationship between risk disclosure quality and earnings power is tested.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008479034
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Japan; Financial Sector Assessment Program—Technical Note on Credit Intermediation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This paper is an analysis of Japan’s credit channel. The economic condition has no hindrance, but credit demand showed an inert performance. The state’s policies have helped the flow of finance and prevent bankruptcy, but several other aspects act as an impediment to credit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244991
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Corporate Governance Mechanisms and Firm Financing in India
Kumar, Jayesh - EconWPA - 2005
This study investigates the firm financing patterns in India and the role of corporate governance mechanisms. We use … ownership of directors and corporate with the firm financing in India. Overall, the findings presented in the paper provide … evidence of definite role of corporate governance mechanisms in firm’s financing decisions in India. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134838
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From Crisis to Recovery in Korea; Strategy, Achievements, and Lessons
Kang, Kenneth; Liang, Hong; Ma, Henry; Richards, Anthony J. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper reviews and draws lessons from the stabilization and reform program that Korea implemented in response to the 1997-98 crisis. The economy recovered quickly from the deep recession in 1998 and its vulnerability to a balance of payments crisis has been reduced sharply. Significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825786
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Chile; Institutions and Policies Underpinning Stability and Growth
Kalter, Eliot; Phillips, Steven; Singh, Manmohan; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper presents the primary institutions and economic policies that have led to Chile’s remarkable record of stability and growth over the past twenty years. The core of this policy stance is the combination of fiscal discipline and an open trade policy regime, together with carefully...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005767351
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International Investment Patterns
Lane, Philip R.; Milesi-Ferretti, Gian-Maria - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
The paper provides a systematic analysis of bilateral, source and host factors driving portfolio equity investment across countries, using newly-released data on international equity holdings at the end of 2001. It develops a model that links bilateral equity holdings to bilateral trade in goods...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599398
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The Stock Market and the Financing of Corporate Growth in Africa; The Case of Ghana
Yartey, Charles Amo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
This paper examines the corporate financing pattern in Ghana. In particular, it investigates whether Singh's theoretically anomalous findings that developing country firms make considerably more use of external finance and new equity issues than developed country firms to finance asset growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605262
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Corporate Balance Sheet Restructuring and Investment in the Euro Area
Jaeger, Albert - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
The recent boom-bust cycle in the euro area's equity valuations has left nonfinancial corporations saddled with a legacy of high debt or leverage. Models of corporate investment behavior based on imperfect capital markets predict that highly leveraged balance sheets can act as a brake on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605417
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Islamic finance: the capital structure and profitability perspective from MIDCAP companies
Ahmad, Moid U. - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 4 (2012) 4, pp. 437-458
Capital structure theories in finance aim towards an ideal debt-equity ratio in the traditional interest-based financial system. The capital structure theories as per the Shariah law also aim towards an ideal debt-equity ratio but the debt contract used here is different with different...
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