... for firms, the coefficient of interest would be positive and statistically significant. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United Kingdom Corporate investments Capital markets International investments Bank concentration Financial constraints Cash flow sensitivity Debt maturity...

... International investments According to Hau and Rey (2006) in, 1975, gross cross‐border transactions in bond and equity flows for the USA were equivalent to only 4 percent of US GDP, this share increased to 100 percent in the early 1990s and has continued to increase to 245 percent at the turn...

... of the paper is to analyse the different levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) inside China during the 1990‐2006 period. FDI can be explained using different analytical/intellectual tools: business history as well as business/entrepreneurial mentality/culture. International investments Direct...

.... The Augmented Dicky Fuller (ADF) test is the appropriate unit root test that is used to the stationarity of the series. Ananth Rao can be contacted at: arao@ud.ac.ae © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Emerging markets Middle East International investments Financial markets...

...). Additionally, due to the face‐to‐face format of the semi‐structured interviews, any answers that lack clarity can be followed up immediately with questions in order to remove any confusion which exists (Patton, 2002). Europe Eastern Europe Equity capital International investments Investment funds...