We address two important themes associated with institutions’ trading in foreign markets: (1) the choice of trading venues (between a company's listing in its home market and that in the United States as an American Depositary Receipt [ADR]) and (2) the comparison of trading costs across the...

This paper proposes a novel application of text categorization for two types questions asked in a micro-blogging supported classroom, namely relevant and irrelevant questions. Empirical results and analysis show that utilizing the correlation between questions and available lecture materials in...

We address two important themes associated with institutions’ trading in foreignmarkets: (1) the choice of trading venues (between a company’s listing in its home market and that in theUnited States as anAmerican Depositary Receipt [ADR]) and (2) the comparison of trading costs across the...

We use a unique firm-level survey database compiled by the World Bank to examine the drivers of discouraged small businesses in various developing economies around the world. We confirm that older and larger firms are less likely to be discouraged and that the level of competition and the...