In the current paper we examine the two major hypotheses related with depositor discipline. The first hypothesis is called ‘the interest rest channel'-hypothesis. The second one is called ‘the deposit growth rate channel'- hypothesis. According to the first hypothesis, if depositor...

In the present paper we use the daily high and low prices of stocks to compute Corwin's estimator of the bid-ask spread (in this case high-low spread also) for stocks traded in the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). DSE is the primary stock exchange in Bangladesh. We use data for March 28th, 2010 to...

This paper uses the Panzar-Rosse (PR) methodology to measure bank competition in the European Union banking sector and in some developed and developing countries. We apply the method for the time period 2000 to 2008. Our findings indicate that monopolistic competition existed in most of the...

In this paper, we have attempted to conduct a mean-test to determine if the Basel I Accord had any significant effect on bank activities. The mean-test indicates that it had significant impact on bank activities. We find that the Accord was successful in raising the capital ratios and equity of...

We examine the relationship between trade balance and net export with both, the official and real effective exchange rates on the J-Curve hypothesis and find evidence to support in favor of the hypothesis, coming from a panel data of 49 developing countries from Africa. Countries can improve...

This study looks at some non-conventional determinants of economic growth, with the help of the newly developed economic freedom index datasets of the Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal(HF/WSJ), which is a cumulative index derived from several sub-indices (trade freedom index, financial...