... credit to the private sector and 23.18% using the financial development index. Below this threshold, finance negatively impacts private investment, while surpassing this threshold leads to positive growth in private investment. These findings indicate an issue of “too little” finance in the finance...

...Nugroho Saputro; Putra Pamungkas; Irwan Trinugroho; Yoshia Christian Mahulette; Bruno Sergio Sergi; Goh Lim Thye Purpose This paper investigated whether a bank’s popularity and depositors' fear of Google search volume could affect bank deposits and credit. Design/methodology/approach...

... of board composition and ownership structure on bond recoveries. The RR is a fundamental component of credit risk. Generally, bond RR is defined as the value of the bond just after the default and is expressed in terms of its face value. It is equal to one minus the loss given default. Several...

...Vinod Venkiteshwaran Purpose – Asset sales can have opposing effects on firm credit quality. On the one hand asset sales could signal increased credit risk resulting from distress or on the other hand they could improve internal liquidity and hence credit quality. Therefore the impact potential...

...Morris Knapp; Alan Gart Purpose – This paper aims to examine the post-merger changes in the credit risk profile of merging bank holding companies and tests whether there is an increase in credit risk after a merger due to changes in the mix of loans in the portfolio. Design/methodology...

...Astrid K. Chludek Purpose In contrast to common literature that suggests that trade credit is an extremely expensive source of financing with annual interest rates exceeding 40 percent, this paper seeks to argue that the average interest rate of trade credit does not exceed the cost of alternative...

... activities for social change. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Credit Poverty Financial institutions Bangladesh Empowerment In recent years, microcredit/microfinance has become a much favored intervention for poverty alleviation in the developing countries and least...

...Mark C. Freeman; Paul R. Cox; Brian Wright Purpose This paper aims to explore the possible use of credit derivatives by corporate treasurers. Corporations have, in recent years, grown comfortable with the idea of using traditional derivative products to hedge their exposure to, for example...