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This study examines the effect of oil prices on domestic investment in Ghana using quarterly time series data from 1984 … investment in Ghana. The analysis revealed that there is long run relationship between domestic private investment, oil price … investment. This indicate that shock in oil prices leads to a reduction in investment. It is therefore recommended that …
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The motivation of this article is to induce the bank capital management solution for banks and regulation bodies on commercial bank. The goal of the paper is intended to mitigate the risk of banking area and also provide the right incentive for banks to support the real economy.
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The paper investigates formation of a charity bank based on the notion of Wagf (physical and financial assets endowment). The basic idea here is to manage and invest these endowments, and use its net earnings for zero interest loans and for food and shelter donation to the destitutes in the...
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The broad objectives of the present study are to examine the impact of the global financial crisis as it folded during 2008 and 2009 on four major South Asian economies i.e., Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka; identify policy actions taken to mitigate the adverse impacts of the crisis;...
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This article describes the basic mechanism of non-cash payments in Uzbekistan. The analysis of operations by means of non-cash payment is carried out. On the basis of the analysis and evaluation of current situation, the identified problems, the appropriate recommendations and suggestions are...
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Review of the book titled 'Rethinking Housing Bubbles The Role of Household and Bank Balance Sheets in Modeling Economic Cycles' by Steven D. Gjerstad and Vernon L. Smith. Published by Cambridge University Press in May 2014.
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This paper is the introduction to the forthcoming book, Recent Developments in Alternative Finance: Empirical Assessments and Economic Implications, Proceedings of Second International Symposium in Computational Economics and Finance. The conference was held in Tunis, Tunisia, March 15-17, 2012....
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Explains the general theory of stock market bubbles, how it can be tested, and investigates whether there have been bubbles in the Norwegian stock market.
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The main purpose of this paper is the comparative analysis of the Mediterranean Countries of European Union on economic and developmental level throughout the duration of their existence within the Union as well as during the recent year duration of the great economic crisis. In the first part...
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Abstract. A recent study shows that industry-specific analysis has no incremental advantage over economy-wide analysis in forecasting firm profitability. This result seems puzzling because some earlier studies have documented the importance of industry effects in explaining firm profitability....
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