Using quantile regression, our results provide explanations for the inconsistent findings that use conventional OLS regression in the extant literature. While the direct effects of RD while firms' advantages with low RD whereas it is decreasing in high Q firms. Main banks add value for low to...

The study is carried out to examine the macroeconomic determinants of bank intermediation and to explore its contribution to the growth of the Nigerian economy, using secondarily sourced time series data spanning from 1970 to 2004. From the available literature reviewed, it was explicit that the...

Financial inclusion is the process of building viable institutions that provide financial services to those hitherto excluded. These may include savings, insurances, remittances, and credit. Microfinance became the most dominant method for achieving financial inclusion. However, different...

This paper studies the effect of interest rates on market selection. Consistent with the evidence, I demonstrate that busts exhibit adverse selection, whereas booms ac- companied by ultra-low rates exhibit advantageous selection. Interestingly, booms accompanied by intermediate interest rates...

This study documents a substantial difference in impact on an emerging market firm's value due to its use of foreign bank debt relative to domestic bank debt. It finds a positive association between the use of collateral by foreign banks and firm value, however, finds no such corresponding...

This study explores the effect of bank loans subdivided in arm's length banking and relational banking on innovation of Korean listed firms. I find that bank loans from relational banking negatively affect firm innovation whereas those from arm's length banking positively affect it. This finding...

Purpose – This study analyzes the scope of due diligence and risks of banks and K-Sure in trade finance covered by EFF focusing on Moneual case, one of the latest and biggest trade finance fraud cases in Korea. Also, we suggest anti-fraud measures in trade finance on the part of banks and...

Prior research shows that investors with smaller belief updates trade less actively, which positively affects their return performance. We examine the effect of different default frames of presenting past return information on investors' belief updating. In particular, we analyze whether...

This paper uses a dataset from one of the leading subprime lenders in America, containing detailed information on borrower and loan characteristics, finds that borrowers from the financial industry, who have higher financial literacy, are less likely to default. This effect cannot be explained...

I show that an introduction of a liability on firms, proportional to the difference between consumers' beliefs and the effective terms of purchase/contract, can improve both social welfare and consumer surplus, depending on the relative magnitudes of: 1) decrease in the gap between the beliefs...