Purpose: This paper aims to examine the impact of diversity of board members’ educational qualifications on the financial performance of banks in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach: The present study applies system generalized methods of moments as an econometric model in carrying out the...

The present study investigates the link between quality of governance and stock market performance within the context of international markets. The study employed the Fixed Effect model using 23 countries with complete relevant data for the period spanning from 1996 to 2014. The study reveals...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relative impact of bank-based and market-based financial developments on economic growth from 1984 to 2015, using 60countries. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses fixed effect and generalized method of moments (GMM) to...

Purpose –This paper seeks to estimate the impact of capital structure selection on performance in Ghana.Design/methodology/approach – Generalized Methods of Moments (GMM) is used in the study in estimating the relationship between the leverage level and bank's performance.Findings – The...

The study comments on Acheampong's (2013) and finds that selective exclusion unit of analysis, estimation techniques errors and its justification cast a doubt on the results. This inaccurately represents the relationship between foreign bank entry and financial performance of domestic-owned...