...Elisa Rose Birch; Paul W. Miller Purpose This paper aims to investigate the determinants of taking out government‐funded student loans for university study in Australia. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses an ordered probit model to quantify the influence of the various factors which...

...Kristin K. Howell Examines the evolution of the role of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), created in 1930 to promote co‐operation between central banks, into the arena of the Third World debt problem. The bank has extended loans to developing countries, such as Mexico, Argentina,Nigeria...

... Roscher′s ideas with those of his contemporaries, and analysing the reasons why plausible economic forecasts failed to anticipate the experience of the twentieth century. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Capital Credit Debt Finance Loans Profit Are there economic laws of history? How much of our...

... Financing Grants Higher education Loans Students Subsidies Universities United Kingdom The funding of higher education in the UK has undergone several changes in recent years. These have accompanied the Government′s efforts to increase efficiency and to introduce quasi‐market mechanisms. Despite...