... and the two crises included in this paper. Objectives are summarized in Section 3. Section 4 describes the sample. The methodology and models used are shown in Section 5. Section 6 describes the empirical results; conclusions and future research are provided in Section 7. International finance...

... at: michael.mcaleer@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 International finance Banks Regulations Risk management Median strategy Value‐at‐risk (VaR) Daily capital charges Violation penalties Optimizing strategy Basel II Accord VIX futures Volatility derivatives have...

... at: sara.urionabarrenetxea@ehu.es © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 International business Finance International finance Globalization Small to medium‐sized enterprises Spain Since the 1980s, business financing has metamorphosed into an international affair at an extraordinary pace. Obtaining...

... for tests of robustness. Section six concludes the paper. Lawrence Kryzanowski can be contacted at: lawrence.kryzanowski@concordia.ca © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Economic development Loans United States of America United Kingdom International finance...