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The Paradoxical Case Against Interest Rate Caps for Microfinance – And : How FinTech and RegTech Resolve the Dilemma
Zetzsche, Dirk A. - 2018
analyses the impact of these interest rate caps on microfinance institutions. Introducing the taxonomy of soft, mezzo and hard … instrument to distinguish between the different service levels and industry environments in which microfinance institutions … of the informal credit sector, and furthering the microfinance institution's mission drift. In Pt. V. we also show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012922161
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Financial and Social Sustainability in the European Microfinance Sector
Dalla Pellegrina, Lucia; Diriker, Damla; Landoni, Paolo; … - 2023
This paper contributes to a growing body of literature on microfinance institutions, where the equilibrium between … European microfinance sector is scarce. In the current study, we intend to fill this knowledge gap. Specifically, using an … original dataset obtained from a survey conducted in 2016-2017 on 159 Microfinance institutions (MFIs) operating in 38 European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014254747
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Efficiency and Outreach in the European Microfinance Sector
Dalla Pellegrina, Lucia; Diriker, Damla; Landoni, Paolo; … - 2023
This paper contributes to a growing body of literature on microfinance institutions, where the equilibrium between … European microfinance sector is scarce. In the current study, we intend to fill this knowledge gap. Specifically, using an … original dataset obtained from a survey conducted in 2016-2017 on 159 Microfinance institutions (MFIs) operating in 38 European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014259719
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The dynamics of government bond yields in the Eurozone
Akram, Tanweer; Das, Anupam - 2017
This paper investigates the determinants of nominal yields of government bonds in the eurozone. The pooled mean group (PMG) technique of cointegration is applied on both monthly and quarterly datasets to examine the major drivers of nominal yields of long-term government bonds in a set of 11...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011695520
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Staatliche Beihilfen und Beihilfenkontrolle im Agrarsektor
Paha, Johannes; Zwerenz, Anna-Lena - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 93 (2013) 1, pp. 46-51
Die Mitgliedstaaten der EU gewährten 2010 Agrarbeihilfen in Höhe von 10,3 Mrd. Euro. Die derzeitige Rahmenregelung zur Kontrolle von Agrarbeihilfen läuft im Dezember 2013 aus und muss für 2014 bis 2020 neu gefasst werden. Dies bietet die Gelegenheit einer Neuausrichtung. Die Autoren...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010516310
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Development and promotion of rural tourism through European funds in Romania
Sima, Elena - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 308-315). 2016
Romania has a great tourism potential, but unfortunately this potential has not been explored enough. The objective of this paper is to analyze how the European funds were accessed for developing and promoting tourism activities in rural areas at national level. The work is based on the data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011591326
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Study regarding the analysis of the agricultural subsidies from Romania compared to the E.U. between 2007-2017
Bădan, Daniela Nicoleta; Turek-Rahoveanu, Petruța Antoneta - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 140-146). 2019
Every year the European Union grants a financial support to the agricultural sector of over 47 billion Euro, thus contributing to the completion of specific goals of the Common Agricultural Policy. The distribution of that EU funding towards the farmers from the member states is done according...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012212729
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The impact of stock, energy and foreign exchange markets on the sugar market
Sariannidis, Nikolaos - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 3 (2010) 1, pp. 109-117
This study examines the effect of financial factors on the sugar market by using Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (GARCH) models. The results show that changes in capital and energy markets returns have a positive impact on the mean returns of Sugar futures as opposed to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009009818
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Staatliche Beihilfen und Beihilfenkontrolle im Agrarsektor
Paha, Johannes; Zwerenz, Anna-Lena - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 93 (2013) 1, pp. 46-51
Die Mitgliedstaaten der EU gewährten 2010 Agrarbeihilfen in Höhe von 10,3 Mrd. Euro. Die derzeitige Rahmenregelung zur Kontrolle von Agrarbeihilfen läuft im Dezember 2013 aus und muss für 2014 bis 2020 neu gefasst werden. Dies bietet die Gelegenheit einer Neuausrichtung. Die Autoren...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009689202
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Investment, credit constraints and public policy in a neoclassical adjustment cost framework
Čechura, Lukáš - 2008
This paper deals with the analysis of the impact of credit rationing on the farmer's economic equilibrium and the analysis of different policy scenarios in a derived neoclassical adjustment cost framework. The theoretical model is an optimal dynamic investment model, in which the upper bound on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003663077