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Web-based Financial Reporting Disclosure : evidence from selected banks in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)
Sarea, Adel M. - In: Journal of central banking theory and practice 9 (2020) 2, pp. 183-197
Disclosure (WBFRD) in selected banks in the KSA in 2017. Several gauges exist for measuring the level of transparency and … disclosure practices. As a result of the unique characteristics of the banking sectors operating in the KSA under the Sharia …, the researcher designed a 90-item index based on metrics identified in previous studies. The selected banks in the KSA …
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Operational Shift in Banking- A Global Study
Mehta, Deepshikha - 2015
The banks are known as the backbones of any economy. The banks link the saving surplus units with deficit units thereby providing investment and capital formation opportunities to both the units. In the recent times of financial shrinkages and up & down, the banking sector has witnessed various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335585
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Operational shift in banking : a global study
Mehta, Deepshikha - 2015
The banks are known as the backbones of any economy. The banks link the saving surplus units with deficit units thereby providing investment and capital formation opportunities to both the units. In the recent times of financial shrinkages and up & down, the banking sector has witnessed various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346003
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Impact of the Latest Financial Crises on a Bank-Based Financial System: Case of Albania
Bahiti, Rovena; Shkurti, Rezarta; Babasuli, Juljana - In: Romanian Economic Journal 14 (2011) 39, pp. 3-23
Since 2007 the world is facing a financial crisis with serious impact on the global economy. The Albanian economy is small; however, it is a part of the global economy. The effects of the crisis on the economic sectors especially on the financial system of Albania are of interest to many. In...
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Adverse Selection in Credit Certifications : Evidence from an Online Marketplace Lending Platform
Hu, Maggie; Li, Xiaoyang; Shi, Yang; Zhang, Xiaoquan … - 2023
Certifications are an important signaling device for attenuating information asymmetry. This study examines their role on a Chinese online marketplace lending platform, which grants certifications to borrowers after they submit the necessary documents. Although the platform verifies the...
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Sturm und Drang in money market funds: when money market funds cease to be narrow
Jank, Stephan; Wedow, Michael - 2008
This paper investigates the returns and flows of German money market funds before and during the liquidity crisis of 2007/2008. The main findings of this paper are: In liquid times money market funds enhanced their returns by investing in less liquid papers. By doing so they outperformed other...
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The slowdown in German bank lending - revisited
Polleit, Thorsten - 2004
The rate of growth in bank loans to private households and firms in Germany has declined substantially since early 2000 and currently stands at virtually zero. In this article, we analyse whether cyclical factors ('demand-side driven') or banks' unwillingness and/or inability to lend...
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The dynamics in requested and granted loan terms when bank and borrower interact repeatedly
Kirschenmann, Karolin - 2010
This paper studies how credit constraints develop over bank relationships. I analyze a unique dataset of matched loan application and loan contract information and measure credit constraints as the ratio of requested to granted loan amounts. I find that the most important determinants of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301521
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Sturm und Drang in money market funds: When money market funds cease to be narrow
Jank, Stephan; Wedow, Michael - 2010
This paper investigates the returns and flows of German money market funds before and during the liquidity crisis of 2007/2008. The main findings of this paper are: in liquid times, money market funds enhanced their returns by investing in less liquid papers. By doing so they outperformed other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302550
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Understanding the high profitability of Chinese banks
Löchel, Horst; Li, Helena Xiang - 2011
The big Chinese state-owned banks came as winners out of the global financial crisis. According to the Banker ranking, Chinese banks led the global banking profitability ranking through the years from 2008 to 2010 and contributed one fifth of global banking profits in 2010. The Chinese banking...
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