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Microfinance and the decision to invest in children's education
Viswanath, P. V. - In: International Journal of Financial Studies 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-20
Although one of the primary objectives of microfinance has been the reduction of poverty through the provision of … microfinance, there may be an indirect positive impact through the effect of microcredit availability on families' decisions to … availability on education expenditures for children of clients of a South Indian microfinance institution. I first look at some …
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Microcredit and survival microenterprises: The role of market structure
Viswanath, P. V. - In: International Journal of Financial Studies 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-25
. While microfinance is supposed to address this problem through the promotion of viable businesses, it has not been very … microfinance institutions (MFIs), there have been very few that look at market conditions as an input into the success of micro …
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Subprime-Krise, strukturierte Finanzierung und die Förderung der Mikrokreditvergabe
Terberger, Eva - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 78 (2009) 1, pp. 40-55
increasing the burden of public risk. Quite differently, microfinance is supported by investing scarce donor funds into the … tranches while the risk carried by donors and the support for microfinance is transparent and clearly limited. …
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Capital structure management differences in Latin American and US firms after 2008 crisis
Valcacer Rodrigues, Santiago; José de Moura, Heber; … - In: Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science 22 (2017) 42, pp. 51-74
Purpose – This paper aims to analyse the capital structure determining factors of Latin American and US corporations after the crisis of 2008, as a means of comparing theoretical assumptions and empirical results in markets of different efficiency levels. Design/methodology/approach – The...
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Value-Based Inventory Management
Michalski, Grzegorz - In: Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting 9 (2008) 1, pp. 82-90
The basic financial purpose of a firm is to maximize its value. An inventory management system should also contribute to realization of this basic aim. Many current asset management models currently found in financial management literature were constructed with the assumption of book profit...
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Förderung von Mikrounternehmen in Uganda: Geschäfte von Männern profitieren von Krediten kombiniert mit Schulungen
Fiala, Nathan; Janes, Laurin - In: DIW Wochenbericht 81 (2014) 8, pp. 141-147
Mikrounternehmen sind für einen Großteil der armen Weltbevölkerung Haupteinkommens- und Beschäftigungsquelle. Die Entwicklung geeigneter Förderprogramme für Mikrounternehmen stellt weiterhin eine große Herausforderung dar. Während Finanzspritzen oft bei der Unternehmensgründung helfen,...
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Microfinance and rural non-farm employment in developing countries
Chowdhury, Shyamal - In: IZA World of Labor (2017)
part due to the expansion of credit through microfinance institutions that are supported by governments, donor agencies …
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The drivers of institutional change in a post-socialist economy: The case of deposit insurance introduction in Russia
Vernikov, Andrei - In: Journal of Institutional Studies 11 (2019) 1, pp. 129–143
The case of deposit insurance introduction in Russia may suggest that institutional change in transition economies was partly driven by subjective factors, and the choice of imported institutions was rather random. The circumstances under which explicit deposit insurance emerged in Russia might...
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Financial stability index for the financial sector of Pakistan
Babar, Sadia; Latief, Rashid; Ashraf, Sumaira; Nawaz, Sania - In: Economies 7 (2019) 3, pp. 1-24
This study aims to develop a financial stability index for the Pakistani financial sector by using the financial reports for the period of 2001–2011. Specifically, we constructed three different classes of indices in this study based on a variance-equal weighted approach, a linear probability...
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A comparative analysis of profit inefficiency and productivity convergence between Taiwanese and Chinese banks
Chen, Xiang; Fu, Tsu-tan; Juo, Jia-Ching; Yu, Ming-miin - In: BRQ Business Research Quarterly 23 (2020) 3, pp. 193-202
To insure a proper and meaningful productivity assessment of DMUs with different production technologies, this article develops a difference-based profit metafrontier Luenberger productivity indicator. Adopting the proposed model, we empirically measure the profit inefficiency and examine the...
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