This paper explored the linkage between short selling and market stabilization. While financial and economic theory advocates the positive role played by short sellers for market stabilization, short sellers are frequently blamed for causing market decline and increasing the panic in falling...

In this paper, we examine the impact of trade openness on bank risk-taking behavior employing a panel dataset of 899 banks from the BRICS (i.e., Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) countries over the period 2000-2017. We find that higher trade openness lowers bank risk-taking. Our...

This study examines the determinants of financial intermediation costs of banks in ten Emerging Economies (EEs) in the period 2000-2018 using panel data of 1335 banks. Empirically, this study applies the single-stage dealership model and its extensions by introducing new bank and country-level...