Financial Liberalization and Allocative Efficiency of Capital

Fresh Patterns of Liberalization, Bank Return and Return Uncertainty in Africa

“…(3) The issue of patterns on which common policies on bank return and return uncertainty can be adopted. While a great chunk of the literature has focused on the incidence of reforms on financial development (Cho et al, 1986;Ndikumana, 1999;, 2005Arestis et al, 2002;Asongu, 2012a;Kose et al, 2006;Al-Obaidan, 2008;Kiyato, 2009;Kablan, 2010;Kukenova, 2011), as far as we have reviewed…”

Fresh Patterns of Liberalization, Bank Return and Return Uncertainty in Africa

“…(3) The issue of patterns on which common policies on bank return and return uncertainty can be adopted. While a great chunk of the literature has focused on the incidence of reforms on financial development (Cho et al, 1986;Ndikumana, 1999;, 2005Arestis et al, 2002;Asongu, 2012a;Kose et al, 2006;Al-Obaidan, 2008;Kiyato, 2009;Kablan, 2010;Kukenova, 2011), as far as we have reviewed there is yet no study has the investigated the second and third concerns above.…”

Learning Heckscher-Ohlin Model in Five Easy Steps

“…It is regularly used by policymakers and academics, (e.g., Hakura, 1994;Tahomy & Mixon, 2003;Romalis, 2004;Bernard et al, 2006;Guscina, 2006;Krugman, 2008;Bajona & Kehoe, 2010;Kukenova, 2011;Ricci & Trionfetti, 2011) and has been subject to extensive empirical testing. (Baldwin 2008;Leamer 1995) Although, and probably because of, its frequent use by the International Financial Institutions and by economists in academia, the Heckscher-Ohlin (HO) model is taught to more than just economist students.…”