Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the effect of securitization on US bank lending and monetary policy transmission. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use a sample of 174 US commercial banks from 2001 to 2008 and regress the ratio of total loans per total assets on...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to perform an analysis of potential benefits from usage of the futures markets for the farmers. The national commodity exchanges were established in India in the year 2003-2004. Though there has been a spectacular growth in trading volumes in these...

Despite vast majority corporate governance and firm performance literature in recent years, there is none on Botswana's corporate sector. This study investigates the relationship between ownership structure, board characteristics and financial performance to determine the role of corporate...