The abysmal performance of state owned public enterprises due to the government bureaucracy coupled with corruption has become worrisome to the government and the public. Therefore, economic reforms such as privatization, commercialization and liberalization were carried out to address the...

Private sector indebtedness in Cyprus remains extremely high. Yet the Government and the banks in Cyprus continue to define the problem as being the non-performing loans (NPLs) and the proposed solution as being any tools and legislation which will improve repayment but also enable the banks to...

Drawing on the merit goods concept developed by Richard A. Musgrave, this paper introduces the notion of quasi-merit goods. The criteria of eligibility for merit goods are vague. A quasi-merit good constitutes a special case where government protection and sponsorship are obtained via public...

This study aimed to investigate the determinant of private commercial bank deposits in Ethiopia over eighteen years (2000-2017). To achieve the research objectives, an explanatory research design and a quantitative research approach were employed. In addition, the study has targeted sixteen...

A major effort is taking place in many parts of the world to establish market-oriented institutions, a development that is particularly evident in the context of the transforming economies in Eastern Europe and the republics of the former Soviet Union. Against this background, this paper...

A major effort is taking place in many parts of the world to establish market-oriented institutions, a development that is particularly evident in the context of the transforming economies in Eastern Europe and the republics of the former Soviet Union. Against this background, this paper...