Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between foreign debt, economic growth and economic crisis. Design/methodology/approach – This paper constructs a Ramsey‐Cass‐Koopmans model theoretically and examines empirically the relationship between foreign debt,...

Purpose – The regularity of default by countries on their sovereign debt has led to the establishment of a number of evolving institutions or “Clubs”. These institutions' objective is to optimise the impact of imminent default or actual default on both international lending and borrowing....

Zusammenfassung Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht die Entwicklung der Unternehmensinvestitionen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland für den Zeitraum von 1968 bis 1989 auf der Basis von nicht saisonbereinigten Quartalsdaten. Dabei wird die Technik der saisonalen Kointegration im Rahmen eines...

Analyst coverage has been associated with good corporate governance characteristics, especially in countries with weak investor protection. This hypothesis is tested for a sample of French IPOs covering the period 2004-2015. In theory, analysts can provide useful forecasts and recommendations...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of perceived corruption on debt financing and ownership structure decisions of firms within the context of ten African countries. Design/methodology/approach – The paper analyses 15-year (1996-2010) data pertaining to 556...

The objective of this paper is to examine whether there are significant variations in the profile of debt‐financing as a result of differences in industry, size and age group of the sample corporate enterprises in India. It also ascertains the trend in debt financing practices among the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine firms' strategies to change long‐ and short‐term debt financing in Egypt. It aims to examine a list of capital structure determinants that include the basic assumptions of the three well‐known theories of capital structure: tradeoff,...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the impact of huge external debt with its servicing requirements on economic growth of the Nigerian economy so as to make meaningful inference on the impact of the debt relief which was granted to the country in 2006. Design/methodology/approach – The...