This paper aims to analyze the determinant factors of the commercial banks andsavings banks productivity dynamics for the 1986- 1992 period. Adjustment costs and the roleof expectations on banking firms decisions are included in the analysis, which concentrateson a period of important structural...

Increasing competition in the European Union (EU) and world markets affects the Greek manufacturing sector. Capital structure is essential for the survival, growth and performance of a firm. There has been a growing interest worldwide in identifying the factors associated with debt leverage....

This paper studies the relationship between the development of stock markets and income inequality. It shows that introducing equity financing in an economy with safe and risky sectors, where debt is initially the only financial instrument and where market imperfections generate credit rationing...

This paper provides empirical evidence on the dynamic effects of uncertainty on firm-level capital accumulation. A novelty in this paper is that the firm-level uncertainty indicator is motivated and derived from a theoretical model, the neoclassical investment model with time to build. This...

This Paper analyses the choices of exchange rate regimes in developing countries since 1980. Static and dynamic random-effects multinomial panel models are estimated using simulation-based techniques. Explanatory variables include OCA fundamentals, stabilization considerations, currency crises...