Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the performance of US mutual funds that invest primarily in emerging market equities and bonds. Design/methodology/approach - The study adopts the Morningstar classification of mutual funds and uses the Lipper US Mutual Fund Database through...

The literature on working capital management (WCM) provides mixed evidence on the effect of working capital on firm profitability and performance. We use firms from developed and emerging economies to explore how working capital and its components relate to firms' performance while controlling...

This study investigates the financial self-assessments and households' well-being using a national survey of 2,567 households in Turkey. We use Maslow's hierarchy of needs framework through households' views for their ability to meet current living expenses in the short-term as well as their...