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Some sections of society have expressed concerns that consumer debt has risen to a dangerous level. However, there is little evidence regarding how consumers themselves feel about debt. This paper reports up‐to‐date findings from the International Institute of Banking and Financial...
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Corporations are attracted to leasing transactions with real property in order to secure occupancy of a property for a specified time frame without having to purchase. Investors in corporate real estate are also attracted to these transactions, because of a combination of a stable cash flow and...
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evolution of credit towards increasingly productive applications. Although Roscher′s theories were plausible, questions whether …, consumer debt, corporate takeover financing and other on‐productive uses of credit. Concludes by comparing Roscher′s ideas with …
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Finnish‐Russian trade has declined to 7‐8 per cent of Finland’s exports by volume. In spite of this decline, and the most recent Russian crisis (August 1998), the Russian market still offers great potential by virtue of its sheer size, proximity and the experience Finnish business has in...
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Grameen‐type micro‐credit systems in Europe, or elsewhere, the differences in socio‐culture, economics and politics (between … implementation of Grameen/micro‐credit banking system in European socio‐economic and cultural contexts.  …
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This study analyzes the personal and farm characteristics that influence the use of farm credit, the degree of … indebtedness, and debt consolidation for U.S. farms. Whereas previous studies have examined the supply side of agricultural credit … using lender‐based data, this study considers the demand side of agricultural credit using representative farm‐level data …
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This article examines trade credit practices of rural small business firms. The results show that these firms borrow … money and then re‐lend it to others in the form of trade credit. There is a strong direct relationship between various forms … of debt held by these firms and their level of accounts receivable (e.g., trade credit extended to customers). The actual …
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perspective on Itô that is of use to students and scholars of rural credit. This is the first “biography” of Itô to discuss his …
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This is an exclusive extract from The ValueReporting Revolution: Moving Beyond the Earnings Game, a new book published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and written by four senior PricewaterhouseCoopers experts. In this extract they discuss the dilemma of risk management and risk reporting. They argue...
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