India has witnessed a tremendous economic growth, as measured by GDP, over the past 10 years. Many experts have pointed out that FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) has been one of the major factors taking India to this growth level. Foreign investment in India has increased continuously since...

The all-inclusive system has been highly developed in different countries of the Caribbean. This paper shows a comparative analysis of two established destinations such as Cancun and Puerto Plata in order to know the sociodemographic profile and valuation of the all-inclusive system of tourists...

Regulatory arbitrage — defined as the manipulation of regulatory treatment for the purpose of reducing regulatory costs or increasing statutory earnings — is often seen in heavily-regulated industries. An increase in the regulatory nature of copyright, coupled with rapid technological...

This was the first paper to study exclusively the effects of Ramadan on the United Arab Emirates Stock market. In doing so, the study aims to establish such impacts with the intention of advising the investors on whether it would be profitable to invest during the holy month of Ramadan or no.The...

Socioeconomic reconfiguration in this article seeks to address how the habit of innovation energized the capital markets more than a century ago and how after 15 years into the Twenty First Century, a resurgence in innovation is necessary in the capital markets given the existential crisis...

A new economic revolution liberating financial markets? Seeks to answer some of the questions driving the existential crisis embroiling finance: What is currency? What is value? What is a business? What is a bank, even?This article discusses how regulatory reform, transformative technologies,...

India has the world's second largest urban population (after China). This paper shows the large disparities within this urban population in health related indicators. It shows the disparities for child and maternal health, provision for health care and housing conditions between the poorest...

This study examines whether the coauthors of executive editors of the Review of Financial Studies published more papers during the editor’ tenure. The paper finds that not all executive editors are created equal concerning their impartiality toward their coauthors. The results show that George...

This article presents an overview of retail trade in India in the wake of the country's new policy that will allow foreign capital in multi-band retailing. It discusses various potential benefits and costs of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the retail sector, particularly in terms of its...