... “good” and “bad” times (i.e. the global financial crisis). Originality/value The results provide better references for bank regulators, academics and policymakers to take advantage of the low financial intermediation costs resulting from trade openness. This section reviews the existing...

... models [3] : Global financial crisis Governance East Asia Leverage Agency theory Asian crisis The outcome view of debt claims that leverage choice is determined as the outcome of the strength of corporate governance. Firms operating in a poor governance environment face more severe agency...

...Syed Moudud-Ul-Huq Purpose This study examines the relationship between banks' competition performance and risk-taking behavior concerning the impacts of bank size and the recent global financial crisis. The analysis empirically uses dynamic panel data from 1137 banks of the BRICS countries (i.e...

...Arfaoui Mongi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the global influence of crude and refined oil futures prices on Dow Jones Islamic equity indices (DJIMI) during the recent global financial crisis under structural breaks in the conditional volatility of oil futures prices...

... industrial products public-listed firms covering a time span from year 2003 to 2012. Using Baskin’s framework, firm’s SPV is related to dividend payout, controlling for earnings volatility, firm size, leverage and growth of assets. Further, the impact of the global financial crisis on the relationship...

...Nicholas Addai Boamah Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the degree of integration of emerging markets with the world market and amongst them. Further, the impact of the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC) on and structural breaks in the degree of integration are explored. The paper...