Valuations of currencies and their variability are often noted to have inexplicable aftermaths on international trade, and the overall economic performance. This paper sets to find out empirically, the effects of financial crisis on international trade. We limited our study by focusing on the...

The paper is aimed at comparing MFIs practice and code of conduct in Afghanistan and Cameroon based on founder's philosophy. It seeks to find out if the MFIs are ethical in their practices and how the strive to achieve sustainability and social responsibility. This study made use of twelve...

The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the determinants of leverage in Korea. The study is conducted using 2005-2015 sample period and data of 563 listed companies in the Korean securities market. It analyzes the relationship between leverage and profitability (return on equity),...

In this paper, our focused was to analyze the causes of micro financial sector's instability and frequent bankruptcy in Cameroon. After a valid theoretical review, we identified three core sector`s destabilizing factors (loan delinquency, competition and limited capital in Cameroon. The...

This is an exploratory study on the financing decision of corporate Korean market. It is aimed to know if the fruits of investment (returns) can influence subsequent periods leverage position. It equally investigated the relationship between market performance of stock (measure by market to book...

This paper followed a similar Amihud and Mendelson (1986) methodology to empirically examine the relationship between expected stock's return and the bid-ask spread in the Korean corporate market. We could noticed a significant and positive bid-ask spread. The result recognized information...

This paper is aimed to show statistically the contribution of Cameroon to global warming. In addition, it reviews the government and firm's contributions to the stabilization of global climate. Three variables (CO2 emission, industrial contribution to GDP and forest land) were descriptively used...

The world was struck by a chain of financial crisis between 2006 and 2012. In 2007, began the subprime crisis which gave way to European debt crisis in 2010. As the world tried to recover in 2009, this European debt crisis and Greece sovereign debt (2011) set in. The study investigates through...

This study evaluates the performance of Douala stock exchange market from 2006 to 2015. The 10 years study period permitted us to use a one factor index model (regression technique). The result showed that the Douala stock exchange market began to contribute positively to the economic growth of...

This paper investigates the impact of External Factors (EF) on the Loan Delinquency (LD) of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs). Drawing upon a field level survey developed in line with Likert scale (5) and conducted in 2014- 2015 to 416 respondents in 78 MFIs located in seven different regions of...