The objective of this paper is to present a survey of the research related to the Feldstein-Horioka puzzle and, in particular, to investigate what economists have learned, which parts of the puzzle have been resolved, which parts remain to be addressed and where future research is heading to....

This study examines the impact of credit rating upgrades and downgrades on six comprehensive banks' asset classes, profitability, leverage and size using data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's call reports and Bloomberg over the period 1989-2008. In summary, the results suggest...

In this paper we explore convergence of real per capita output across the European Union (EU) countries as well as the transitional behaviour of possible underlying factors that are responsible for any convergence or divergence pattern. The new panel convergence methodology developed by Phillips...

This paper explores the relationship between financial structure and industrial structure in a panel co-integration framework, using annual data for 29 countries and 28 industrial sectors for the period 1990-2001. The results indicate that financial structure is to a significant extent related...