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Africa and Middle East Alternative Finance Benchmarking Report
Zhang, Bryan Zheng - 2020
size and growth of crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending markets in Africa and the Middle East. This is the fifth in a … report, covering 46 countries in Africa and 12 countries in the Middle East, gathered survey data from over 70 alternative … industry volumes in key markets, documents the growth of alternative funding for start-ups and SMEs, analyses the latest market …
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An Assessment of the Competitive Effects of the Proposed Merger of the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market
Brunell, Robert - 2020
In March of 2000 the New York Stock Exchange proposed a merger with The Nasdaq Stock Market. Applying a qualitative assessment to the proposed merger from the organizations' perspective it is argued that the merger would be favorable for both organizations. Applying a quantitative assessment to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012825721
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Competition Among High-Frequency Traders, and Market Quality
Breckenfelder, Johannes - 2019
We study empirically how competition among high-frequency traders (HFTs) affects their trading behavior and market quality. Our analysis exploits a unique dataset, which allows us to compare environments with and without high-frequency competition, and contains an exogenous event - a tick size...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012868588
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Competition among High-Frequency Traders, and Market Quality
Breckenfelder, Johannes - 2020
I study empirically how competition among high-frequency traders (HFTs) affects their trading behavior and market quality. The analysis exploits a unique dataset, which allows comparing environments with and without high-frequency competition, and contains an exogenous event - a tick size reform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012857042
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Competition for Order flow and Price Discovery : The Curious case of High-tech Entrants
Ibikunle, Gbenga - 2015
The quality of ultra-high frequency quotes submitted to an entrant high-tech market (BATS Chi-X Europe – Chi-X) is compared to those of an established national exchange (London Stock Exchange – LSE). There are intraday variations regarding which platform impounds new information about the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013033529
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Competition among high-frequency traders, and market quality
Breckenfelder, Johannes - 2019
We study empirically how competition among high-frequency traders (HFTs) affects their trading behavior and market quality. Our analysis exploits a unique dataset, which allows us to compare environments with and without high-frequency competition, and contains an exogenous event - a tick size...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012016546
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Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in Africa : Harking the Holonomic
Amonya, Fred - 2018
Two nodes are salient in the space of Africa's development. The first is a concern about population explosion harking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012918675
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Market Value of the Economy and Gravity : Does It Translate Tourism in African Countries?
Khondoker, Md Rubel - 2023
Income from tourism is one of the most important factor to generate revenue for a country. An extant study employs GDP as a measure of income. However, based on financial theory our study finds that market value is a better proxy for tourism income. Using macro-level data from African countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014260590
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When the social networks and internet come to the rescue of entrepreneurs : the problematic of crowdfunding in Africa
Omenguélé, René Guy; Mbouolang, Yimpi Cédric - In: Journal of entrepreneurial finance : JEF ; official … 24 (2022) 1, pp. 44-66
the crowdfunding market in sub-Saharan Africa by 2025. The objective of this paper is to make an inventory of Crowdfunding … activities in Africa, region with a most restrictive access to bank loan by SMEs, start-ups and young entrepreneurs. It appears … from the economic and socio-cultural realities that Africa is a region with more potential catalyst for crowdfunding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012990141
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Investor Sophistication and Target-Date Fund Investing
Guillemette, Michael - 2019
The Pension Protection Act of 2006 identified target-date funds as an appropriate default investment for defined contribution retirement plans. Using the 2009 National Financial Capability Study, this paper examines the relation between investor sophistication and the decision to primarily...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012904328