The existence of causation linkage between stock prices and exchange rates is one of the popular debate especially since the beginning of 1990s. The aim of this paper is to investigate the nature of the causal transmission mechanism between foreign exchange and stock markets in 9 transition...

In decision making regarding optimal resource allocation to safeguard public health, policymakers and healthcare providers rely on the availability and reliability of data about the relative costs and benefits of competing treatment options. One such an approach is based on cost effectiveness...

Venture capital is one of most important alternative sources of capital for early stage of enterprise development. It is largely acknowledged that there occurs a market gap in European venture capital markets as there are much more companies in search for an investor than that actually obtain...

This paper empirically examines how imperfect information about wage offers and reservation wages among employees and employers respectively impacts on the wages of Canadian born and immigrant workers. We estimate these effects from 2006 census data using a two-tier stochastic wage frontier. Our...

In this paper, we quantify the subtle concepts of soundness and safety of financial institutions through option pricing theory. This approach permits to intuit many solvency issues, including capital adequacy, financial strain or distress, balance sheet rebuilding and critical recapitalization,...

We use a survey data set of 4348 SMEs from 25 European countries to analyze the association between the use of factoring as a form of SME financing and the legal environment of the country where in which they operate. Our findings indicate that firms operating in countries with legal...

In this paper we investigate the role of the business cycle for the transitions of Czech and Slovak workers to informal economy using Czech and Slovak Labor Force Survey data. We use two approximations for the participation in informal economy, self-employment and employment in small workplace...

Basel Accords represent the most important documents of banking supervision. Basel II came into force almost at the same time as the financial crisis set in. Relatively soon after this, the work on the new capital accord known as Basel III was initiated. The question is whether the new agreement...

In this paper, we assess the benefits from international factor diversification under a regime based portfolio construction framework that takes into account the dynamic changes in stock markets. We show that there are significant costs to investors who fail to (a) pursue an international...

This paper presents empirical evidence on the impact of abandonment of capital investments on the survival of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria. It employs mixed methodological framework to question the extent to which abandonment of capital investments affects the performance of...