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Financial Bubbles, Real Estate bubbles, Derivative Bubbles, and the Financial and Economic Crisis
SORNETTE, Didier; WOODARD, Ryan
The financial crisis of 2008, which started with an initially well-defined epicenter focused on mortgage backed securities (MBS), has been cascading into a global economic recession, whose increasing severity and uncertain duration has led and is continuing to lead to massive losses and damage...
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EVIDENCE ON THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION TOURISM INVESTMENT ON LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ECONOMIES
Mujacevic, Elvis; Vizjak, Ana; Cindric, Andrea - In: Global Journal of Business Research 5 (2011) 5, pp. 45-60
investments and economic development of the region, country, national economies and private enterprises or companies that make … between International Finance Corporation and investments in different projects and the difference if the Organization is not … International Finance Corporation investments in tourism and hospitality industry on the example of Latin America and Caribbean, and …
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La charité islamique : un levier innovant pour le financement du développement ?
El Sharkawy, Nourhan - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)
For many centuries, forms of Islamic charity such as zakat (i.e. "obligatory" alms) and waqf (i.e. endowment or philanthropic foundation) have proven to be essential tools for economic and human development. Both of these schemes aim to reduce income inequality and to encourage productive...
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The Distribution of Foreign Direct Investment and the Excluded Economies.
Chakrabarti, A. - Research Seminar in International Economics, University … - 1997
The paper takes as its objective context the growing disparity in the distribution of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) among the developing nations. While FDI in the developing world has grown fairly rapidly since the late 1980s, a disaggregated analysis demonstrates a considerable imbalance at...
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On the Development of Rotating Credit Associations in Japan.
Hamada, K.; Dekle, R. - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2001
While economic growth raises income and wealth and promotes financial intermediation, financial intermediation facilitates economic growth, since it raises the returns to investment. In this article we study the development of an important informal financial intermediary in Japan, the rotating...
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Latvia’s incoming in European Union economic effect estimation
Skribans, Valerijs - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
structural and cohesion funds, removed the trading barriers, increases foreign investments, reduced unemployment, increased labor …
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INVESTMENT FACTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN UZBEKISTAN
YULDASHEV, RAVSHAN - In: Perspectives of Innovation in Economics and Business (PIEB) 5 (2010) 2, pp. 53-54
Introducing anti-crisis program and maintenance of high investment activity in Uzbekistan were among core factors of tackling with global crisis pressure. However, the high investment dynamics bears a threat of economic “overheating” and decrease of investment process effectiveness. Then, it...
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Financial liberalization, financing constraints and political connection: evidence from Chinese firms
Yan, Isabel K.; Chan, Kenneth S.; Dang, Vinh Q.T. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper examines the impact of recent financial liberalization in China on the financing constraints of publicly-listed Chinese firms with and without politically-connected CEO/Chairman. Two continuous indices are used to measure the evolution and intensity of financial reforms: a financial...
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Chinese Firms’ Political Connection, Ownership, and Financing Constraints
Yan, Isabel K.; Chan, Kenneth S.; Dang, Vinh Q.T. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
We empirically examine some listed Chinese firms’ political connection, ownership, and financing constraints. Politically-connected firms display no financing constraints whereas firms without connection experience significant constraints. Non-connected family-controlled firms bear greater...
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Financial liberalization and financing constraints: some evidence from panel data of listed Chinese firms
Yan, Isabel K.; Chan, Kenneth S.; Dang, Vinh Q.T. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper examines the impact of recent financial liberalization in China on the financing constraints and investment of publicly-listed Chinese firms. Two continuous indices are constructed to measure the evolution and intensity of financial reforms: a financial liberalization index and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369185