PREDICTING BANK FAILURES: THE NECCESITY OF BANK CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
Nancy Seelye First Financial Bank Paul Ziegler University of Mary Hardin-Baylor ABSTRACT This study investigates the prediction of bank failure using observable variables from readily available published sources. Bank failure in a local economy can reduce liquidity, affecting available funds for local business and individuals. This study compares the ratios for the forty-two banks that […]
BANK INTEREST RATE PASS-THROUGH IN THE EURO AREA: THE IMPACT OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
George Michalopoulos Konstantinos Tsermenidis University of Macedonia, Greece ABSTRACT This study examines the interest rate pass-through process in the Euro area banking market and the impact of the post-2008 financial turmoil on this process using the recently produced cost of borrowing indicators (ECB, 2013). The authors use a typical interest rate pass- through model, augmented […]
PRODUCTIVITY IN SERVICE, MANUFACTURING, AND HYBRID INDUSTRIES: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY
Vusal Eminli University of the Pacific Yuriy Bots William Jewell College ABSTRACT Productivity is an essential element of a business unit and of the economy at large. When measured at highly aggregated levels, it may not accurately reveal the most productive forces of the economic activity. This study proposes a way of disaggregating the manufacturing […]
MULTI-GROUP R&D AND SALES PERFORMANCE IN THE UNITED STATES
Lawrence McNeil Gbenga Ojumu Prairie View A&M University ABSTRACT Innovation is a well-known and important determinant of firm performance. From improvements to productivity or streamlining costs, firms that innovate tend to excel in the acquisition of market share and the expansion of output. Also, they benefit from growth-enhancing partnerships. This study explores the relationship between […]
EMPLOYMENT IN MANUFACTURING AT THE STATE LEVEL AS IT RELATES TO IMPORTS FROM CHINA AND MEXICO
Morsheda Hassan Grambling State University Raja Nassar Louisiana Tech University Ghebre Keleta Grambling State University ABSTRACT The interest in this study is to determine if imports from China or Mexico have any relationship with employment in manufacturing in seven important manufacturing states (Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, and California). Results of the analysis revealed […]
DO INTEREST RATES AND SAVINGS CAUSE DOMESTIC INVESTMENTS IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES? MACROFINAMETRIC EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA
Chinedu B. Ezirim University of Port Harcourt Chukwu A. Ejem Abia State Polytechnics Udochukwu Ogbonna Board of Internal Revenue, Abia State Umuahia Ude Oko Chukwu Government House, Abia State Umuahia ABSTRACT The study revisited the nexus between savings, investments and interest rates, in the regime of ensuing controversies and inconsistent empirical submissions by various authors, […]
