This paper addresses the issue of data quality in the real estate market. In many countries, the returns indices for direct markets are provided by several sources differing in terms of the methodology adopted and index weights. These differences produce a lack of informative standardization,...

The objective of this paper is to examine the long-run and the short-run relationship between India, China and Japanese stock markets and key macroeco- nomic variables such as exchange rates and inflation (proxied by consumer price index) of ASIAN 3 economies (India, China and Japan). Monthly...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to arrive at high-growth firm (HGF) and predict the growth of rapid-growth firms using the set of balance-sheet ratios. Design/methodology/approach: The source of data came from the AIDA database, a commercial database provided by Bureau van Dijk. A total...

In this paper, we examine who holds the decision-making power for credit approval in small business lending and the determinants of shifting this power from a local branch to an upper organizational level. Since soft information is usually collected by local branches, shifting the...

Is there a relationship between bank monitoring models and the level of shadow economy? This paper develops a model of optimal lending technology to study the relationship between local underground economic activity and banks' lending choices. In turn, as the aggregate level of informality and...