... be contacted at: toli2400@uni.sydney.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 China Leasing Small and medium size enterprises Developing countries Corporate financing Previous studies in this area, as have been suggested above, have outlined three main rationales concerning...

... and at a higher level than in developed countries. Average returns are over 55 per cent and is comparable with that of Malaysia, Mexico, Poland and Thailand. POs generally outperform the market, with the privatized IPOs offering superior excess returns than the non‐privatized IPOs. Excess returns diminish...

..., as a starting step, regional diversification will be more efficient than industrial diversification. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Accounting research Portfolio investment Developing countries Diversification Return on investment Volume 30 Number 3 2004 17 Region and Industry Effects...

..., and insurance companies. Mutual funds based in developed countries have become one of the main instruments for investing in emerging markets and assumed an important presence in these economies, given the relatively small size of the emerging countries capital markets (Kaminsky et al, 2001, pp. 32-21). Lastly...

... for the variances are significant at the 95 per cent level, indicating that the Var(s)’s are not zero for nearly every emerging‐markets. This implies that the betas for these markets do shift over time. Accounting research Beta factor Developing countries Estimation Managerial Finance 74 Using the Time...

... process, risk consideration and decision making. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Risk management Public sector Outsourcing Finance Contracts United Kingdom Developing countries Managerial Finance 36 Can the Private Finance Initiative be Used in Emerging Economies? Lessons from the UK s...

... and welcomes it as a way to channel savings productively and reduce poverty. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Accounting research Developing countries Rural economy Banking Islam Entrepreneurs Bangladesh Volume 29 Number 2/3 2003 3 Institutionalization and Promotion of Saving Habits Through Bai...

... marekts; and considers what trade and development policies OIC countries should adopt to improve their economies. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Accounting research Developing countries Stock markets Portfolio investment Economic conditions Policy Managerial Finance 122 Portfolio Investment...

...); and cites some examples of successful positive intervention. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Economic theory Developing countries Development Economic growth Volume 25 Number 3/4 1999 19 The State and the Market, Their Functions and Failures in the History of Economic Development Thought by Hamid...

... Stock Exchange for 1991‐1995. Believes the prospects for foreign and domestic equity investment in India and other developing countries are good providing that they maintain a stable economy and an investor‐friendly environment Developing Countries Growth India Stock markets © MCB UP Limited...

...Jamshed Y. Uppal Reports concerns that the lifting of restrictions on portfolio investment by foreigners would lead to overheating or excessive volatility in the capital markets of developing countries. Describes the abrupt lifting of restrictions on the Karachi Stock Exchange in Pakistan, given...

...Douglas K. Agbetsiafa Considers the methods whereby income is likely to grow in developing countries, given imperfect information and the need for credit for investment. Looks at the link between financial intermediation and economic growth for nine countries between 1969 and 1992, using...

.... Describes the environment of each, and computes monthly stock returns, testing them for seasonality. Finds evidence of the January effect only in Ghana, and there it is small. Notes that this may be the result of spillover from London. Developing countries Efficiency Ghana Nigeria Seasonality Stock...

..., which prevents foreign trading in Bombay or Indian trading on the New York Stock Exchange, has left the Bombay exchange autonomous, less affected by external factors and more by domestic conditions. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Bombay Stock Exchange Developing countries Efficiency Foreign...

...W. Gerald Platt Summarizes the characteristics of financial markets in developing countries, posing eight questions about them. Defines developing countries, and pinpoints those with stock markets, principally those with a good risk index score and a comparatively high growth rate as well as higher...