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The Liquidity Premium: Commercial Banks versus Microfinance Institutions
Szafarz, Ariane; Laureti, Carolina - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2014
illiquid and liquid savings accounts—is higher in commercial banks than in microfinance institutions. One possible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011082651
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Microfinance and Women's Empowerment: Do Relationships Between Women Matter? Lessons from rural Southern India
Guérin, Isabelle; Kumar, Santosh; Agier, Isabelle - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2010
In the microfinance industry the idea of “empowerment” is often valued as a means to encourage female emancipation from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008752805
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An introduction to slow money and its Gandhian roots
Ashta, Arvind - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2013
Slow money, or patient nurturing capital invested locally in food and basic industries, is a new term but an old notion. This paper examines the cases of the CIGALES clubs of microangels in France and the more recent case of the slow money alliance to ferret out the basic principles and...
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Défis du financement agricole et rural, rôle pour la microfinance et implications pour les politiques publiques en Afrique subsaharienne. Pistes de recherche basées sur le cas du B...
Niyongazabo, Ephrem - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2008
microfinance dans le financement et la promotion de la petite entreprise agricole et rurale présentée comme le pilier de la … croissance économique. Cependant, malgré sa forte contribution, la microfinance est limitée dans ses apports. L’une des … mesure améliorer la contribution de la microfinance au financement agricole et rural au Burundi et dans quelle mesure les …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005357834
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The gold standard for randomised evaluations: from discussion of method to political economics
Bédécarrats, Florent; Guérin, Isabelle; Roubaud, … - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2015
This last decade has seen the emergence of a new field of research in development economics: randomised control trials. This paper explores the contrast between the (many) limitations and (very narrow) real scope of these methods and their success in sheer number and media coverage. Our analysis...
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Vietnam’s political economy: a discussion on the 1986-2016 period
Vuong, Quan Hoang - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2014
Being a member of the thriving ASEAN and successfully implementing economic renovation (Doi Moi) have drawn the world's attention on Vietnam around the turn of the millennium. Some even expected a much faster pace of transformation, and renewed economic, AND political, reforms in Vietnam, or Doi...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010775218
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Science vs Technology: a faculty dilemma? 35 years of patenting at the School of Engineering and Applied Science of Columbia University.
Sapsalis, Eleftherios - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2007
In the large and complex debate related to the creation, diffusion and protection of academic research results, this paper intends to understand the characteristics of academics involved in the knowledge creation as measured by publications and patents. Moreover, it aims to produce some piece of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005558927
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Productivity gains and spillovers from offshoring
Rycx, Francois; Michel, Klaus-Bernhard - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2011
Offshoring is generally believed to be productivity-enhancing and this belief is underpinned by economic theory. This article contributes to the growing literature that tests empirically whether offshoring does indeed help to improve productivity. Estimating the impact of materials and business...
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Empirical Evidence on Relationships between Ex Ante Innovation Pursuit and Post-M&A Performance in the Vietnamese M&A Industry, 2005-2012
Vuong, Quan Hoang; Napier, Nancy K.; Samson, Donaldine E.; … - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2013
This research aims to communicate new results of empirical investigations to learn about the relationship between determination of controlling an acquired firm’s capital, assets and brand versus its capability of innovation and ex post performance of the rising Vietnamese M&A industry in the...
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A quoi réagit le marchés des obligations privées?
Briere, Marie; Cohen, Aurélie - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2006
Nous avons étudié quelles annonces économiques font significativement réagir le marché des obligations privées aux Etats-Unis. Nous avons mesuré l’impact sur 1 jour d’une trentaine d’annonces macroéconomiques sur les spreads de crédit, en affinant notre analyse grâce à une...
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