Developed and Developing Countries Erik Feyen Rodney Lester Roberto Rocha Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized The World Bank Financial and Private Sector Development Finance and Policy Units February 2011 Policy Research Working Paper 5572 Abstract The insurance sector can play a critical role in financial and economic development. By reducing uncertainty and the impact of large losses, the sector can encourage new investments, innovation, and competition. As financial
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whatever the root cause, the brain can be a deceptive guide for rational decision making. The basic assumption of modern economics—rationality—does not stack up against the evidence These implications of the brain's inadequacies have been rigorously studied by social scientists and particularly by behavioral economists, who have found that the underlying assumption behind modern economics—human beings
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The Impact of Monetary Policy on Economic Growth and Inflation in Sri Lanka C.Amarasekara 1 Abstract Based on a vector autoregressive (VAR) framework and utilising both recursive and structural specifications, this study analyses the effects of interest rate, money growth and the movements in nominal exchange rate on real GDP growth and inflation in Sri Lanka for the period from 1978 to 2005. The results of the recursive VARs are broadly in line with the established empirical findings, especially
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of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Ltd-Focusing on General Banking Chapter 1: Introduction Bank is important financial intermediary in the economy. It plays crucial role of transferring the resources from surplus area to the surplus area to the supply constraint area. Bank performs its job through introducing various financial products and services to the market. Among them loan is the most crucial product .Loan is the product that generates major profit for the bank. Since, banks receive deposits from
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.0 INTRODUCTION This chapter discusses on the introduction of this study. This includes the background 0f the study, background of the Bank Rakyat, problem statement, objectives of the study, research questions, and significance of the study. This chapter also discusses on scope and limitations of study and definition of term. 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY For the past few years, a pawn broking has taken place in our country. It has been started since the 15th century
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and post merger financial performance of merged banks with the help of financial parameters like Gross-Profit Margin, Net- Profit Margin, Operating Profit Margin, Return on Capital Employed (ROCE), Return on Equity (ROE) and Debt-Equity Ratio. Through literature review it comes to know that most of the work done high lightened the impact of Merger and Acquisitions on different aspects of the companies. The data of Merger and Acquisitions since economic liberalization are collected for a set of various
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Comparative Economic Studies, 2015, (31–54) © 2015 ACES. All rights reserved. 0888-7233/15 www.palgrave-journals.com/ces/ Survey Article The Effects of Bank Regulation on the Relationship Between Capital and Risk ALESSANDRA TANDA Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Conservatorio, 7, Milan 20122, Italy. E-mail: alessandra.tanda@unimi.it Capital regulation acts as an external force in the determination of bank capital and
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Relationship in the Commercial Banking Sector: Evidence from Jamaica Sherene A. Bailey1 Financial Stability Department Bank of Jamaica January 2007 Abstract This paper employs a two-stage estimation procedure to evaluate the impact of bank concentration on performance. In the first stage of the estimation process, a stochastic cost frontier is estimated for the dominant commercial banks in Jamaica over the period 1989 – 2005, using both translog and Cobb-Douglas cost functions. The translog cost frontier
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UCD CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH WORKING PAPER SERIES 2011 Ireland’s Sovereign Debt Crisis Karl Whelan, University College Dublin WP11/09 May 2011 UCD SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN BELFIELD DUBLIN 4 Ireland’s Sovereign Debt Crisis Karl Whelan University College Dublin 1 May 2011 1 This paper was presented at a workshop on "Life in the Eurozone With or Without Sovereign Default?" that took place at the European University Institute in Florence on April 14, 2011.
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Internship Report On An Analysis of Selection and Recruitment Process of SONALI BANK LTD. (A study on Uttara Branch) DAFFODIL INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY 102, Shukrabad, Mirpur road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1207 Internship Report On An Analysis of Selection and Recruitment Process Of SONALI BANK LTD. (A study on UttaraBranch) Prepared By Rumu chakma Id:082-11-441 BBA Program Daffodil International University. Submitted To Dr. Zakir Hossain Professor Department of
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