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This study analyzes how prevailing institutional arrangements i.e., property rights, contracting rights, political institutions, and corporate governance practices affect privatized firms’ performance, capital markets development, and economic growth. Most of the studies surveyed show that...
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We investigate the effect of the power of creditors, property rights protection, and institutional quality, on bank profits using a panel of 498 banks from 46 countries. Results show that better institutions and stronger property rights protection reduce bank profits, while stronger power of...
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This paper presents a framework for understanding the interactions between political and legal institutions, property rights protection, and their implications for financial development. Whereas the literature has answered questions on why some countries lag behind in terms of financial and...
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Moving average (MA) and channel rules (CH) are applied to ten spot cross-rates - AUD/JPY,GBP/JPY,CAD/JPY,DEM/GBP,DEM/ITL,DEM/JPY,DEM/CHF,CHF/GBP, and CHF/JPY - to examine whether opportunities for profitable trading exist. The results suggest that neither trasding rule is profitable. Overall,...
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This study provides evidence that low frequency data masks certain returns phenomena in the foreign exchange (forex) market. It is shown that the compass rose pattern is entirely absent in daily returns in the spot and futures forex markets. In contrast, the intraday returns, especially those...
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