32 articles in this issue
Hani El-Chaarani,Zouhour El-Abiad
Middle East countries during a period of 6 years (between 2011 and 2016). By using 143 banks and 723 observations, the study shows that the capital structure of the banking sector was very volatile during the studied period due to the economic conditions ... see more
Talla M. Aldeehani
The paper investigates the determinants of capital structures of conventional banks (CBs) and Islamic banks (IBs) before and after the 2008 global financial crisis. We gathered data on the banking industry of the Gulf Cooperation Countries for the period ... see more
Nyoman Normal
The aims of the research about scrap material analysis ceramic creative product were : (1) to know the cost price and inventory before calculate scrap material; (2) to determine the value of scrap material; and (3) to know the influence of scrap material ... see more
Ali Küçükçolak,Figen Büyükakin,Necla Ilter Kucukcolak
Gold has been an investment vehicle over the ages and helped investors to mitigate risks arise due to market fluctuations. In order to improve financial inclusion level and increase added value of the idle gold held by investors, there have been var... see more
Zeynep Bayazit,Elif Guneren Genc
In today’s interconnected global economy, advertising plays a crucial role. Advertising, as the most effective marketing communication tool, generates informative value, consumer demand, company visibility, awareness to public, clear market positioning an... see more
Abdulkadir Abdulrashid Rafindadi,Abdulrashid Bello
Firms are established objectively to maximize their value and that of their shareholders; this can be achieved via payment of dividend and investment in profitable ventures. Studies conducted in both developed and developing economies could not solve the ... see more
Zainuddin Zainuddin,Bonar M. Sinaga,Sri Hartoyo,Erwidodo Erwidodo
The purpose of this research is 1) to compare the market power of the rubber product industry (HS code 4011) between Australia and similar industries from the exporting country; 2) to analyze the impact of import tariff reduction on rubber product trade e... see more
Ünzüle Kurt
South Korea exhibited a noteworthy economic performance with development policies it carried out in 1962. The resources of this economic leap have been widely the subject of researches in the literature. It has been taken as an sample experience especiall... see more
Kuswanto Kuswanto,Zulkifli Alamsyah,Armandelis Armandelis,Zulfanetty Zulfanetty
This study aims to analyse the level of technical efficiency of rubber production and its impact on the welfare of rubber farmers in Jambi Province. The research was conducted in central area of rubber plantation in Jambi Province, namely Batanghari, Saro... see more
Fauzi Thalib,Herdiyana Herdiyana,Ayi Wahid
This study aims to examine and analyze the effect of corporate tax rate, non-debt tax shield, investment opportunity set, profitability, and sales growth to the level of debt (leverage) on real estate and property companies listed on Indonesia Stock Excha... see more
Endri Endri,Bob Mustafa,Oscar Rynandi
Theresia Siwi Kartikawati,Elsa Sari Yuliana,Tashadi Tarmizi
This study aims to analyze the effect of firm size, profitability, financial leverage to the level of underpricing in companies that are detected to perform income smoothing practices at the time of initial public offering in Indonesia Stock Exchange peri... see more
Yani Riyani,Kartawati Mardiah,Linda Suherma
This study aims to determine the effect of loan to deposit ratio and non-performing loans on Return On Assets and Implications for Stock Price Rate of Change using SPSS 16.0 statistical software. In this study, there are 4 variables: Loan to Deposit Ratio... see more
Endang Kusmana,Dessy Adelin,Susan Andriana
The purpose of this study was to know influence of Farmer Group Dynamic on the income of red chili farming. The method used in this study is mixed methods. A quantitative method using a sample of 83 respondents, while the qualitative method uses 20 inform... see more
Pei En Lee
In Taiwan stock market, most participants are individual investors. Thus, the objective of this empirical study is to explore whether the investor sentiment and investor behavior have considerably influence on the stock return. The study tries to search f... see more
Abdulkadir Abdulrashid Rafindadi,Abdulazeez Musa
This study examined the impact of debt management strategies on the Nigeria’s public debt profile. Specifically, the study evaluates the impact of debt refinancing, and measure the impacts of debt forgiveness and debt conversion scheme on the public debt ... see more
Thomas Galih Pramudita,Setyabudi Indartono,Maimun Sholeh
Investment is one of the important factor in a developing country's economy such as Indonesia which really needs the flow of investment to create jobs. The Investment comes from two sources, namely foreign investment and domestic investment. However, the ... see more
Eymen Errais
Several debates and concerns about local elections focus on whether local governance can take root in an environment where people have a very low trust in their rulers, and deliver the economic goods: a higher rate of investment, more growth and more jobs... see more
Jumhur Tegep,Eddy Suratman,Sukma Indra
This research aims to discover and test macroeconomic variables which can mediate the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and unemployment rate in Indonesia. Employing integrated alternative model using macroeconomic variable as mediating... see more
Yousef Abdel Jawad,Shaker Zabada
The study aimed to determine the effect of taxes and fees on the productivity of the industrial sector in Palestinian case, also in the details at the level of economic activity. To achieve the objectives of this study, the descriptive and quantitative me... see more
Parvesh Kumar Aspal,Sanjeev Dhawan,Afroze Nazneen
A sound financial system has vital influence on the economic development of a country. Banking system constitutes an important component of the financial system of the country; therefore, the economic importance of banks may not be underestimated. Perform... see more
David Yechiam Aharon,Yossi Yagil
Using a sample of industrial companies traded on the NYSE, this study examines the effect of financial leverage (L) on the cost of equity (Ke). The goal is to test the theoretical relationship between Ke and L under various types of market imperfections s... see more
Chin-Sheng Huang,Yi-Sheng Liu
This paper addresses problem of predicting direction of movement of stock price index for Taiwan stock markets. The study compares four prediction models, Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Support Vector Machine (SVM), random forest and naive-Bayes with tw... see more
Cedrix Ngandop Djeutcheu
This paper investigates the effects of ownership structure on Islamic Banks (IBs)’ performance in many regions (Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and others Asian countries), using agency theory as an analytical framework. The study period covers ten ... see more
Cordelia Onyinyechi Omodero,John Uzoma Ihendinihu,Kabiru Isa Dandago
The study investigates the impacts of federation account allocated funds on economic growth in Nigeria prior to reinstatement of democracy and after the restoration witnessed in May 29, 1999. The study employs annual time series data from 1989-1998 ... see more
Wanti Fitrianti,Yusman Syaukat,Sri Hartoyo,Anna Fariyanti
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Ioannis Antoniadis,Christos Gkasis,Xanthi Partalidou
In this paper, we investigate the insider trading patterns of the Greek Stock Exchange Market before and after the outburst of the Greek Financial Crisis. Using the event study methodology, we examine and compare the relationship between insider trading a... see more
Alle Nar Diop,Seydina Ousmane Sene
The objective of this article was to measure the impact of trade liberalization on intra-African trade in general and in particular on trade between WAEMU countries and Africa. The use of ex-ante evaluation indicators made it possible to highlight the ten... see more
Abderrahmane Djaballah
One of the major aims of accounting information is its usefulness in decision-making and in assessing the value of a company. To this end, a vast theoretical and empirical literature has examined the relationship between accounting information and the com... see more
Mitra Lal Devkota,Humnath Panta
This paper attempts to empirically investigate the presence of a cointegrating relationship between the exports, imports, and the USD exchange rate in Nepal using the yearly time series data from 1965 to 2017. Time series properties of the data are d... see more
Osaretin Kayode Omoregie,Ikechukwu Kelikume
This study investigates how six different measures of firm performance affect executive compensation in Nigerian insurance sector (2011-2016). The Im, Pesaran and Shin (IPS) and Kao Residual tests were employed to ascertain stationarity and cointegration ... see more
Rahim M. Quazi,Wayne E. Ballentine,Farzana Bindu,Lois Blyden
This study analyzes the impact of foreign aid on foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America. Using the Feasible Generalized Least Squares panel estimation methodology with 1996-2017 panel data from 19 countries, this study finds that the impact of f... see more