Determinants of non–financial corporations‘ loan interest rates in Lithuania

Determinants of Commercial Bank Automobile Loan Rates

Exploring Determinants of Long-Term Interest Rates

In South Africa, long-term interest rates have often been high in real terms and relatively volatile, although they declined somewhat in recent years (Figure 13.1). This chapter attempts to show that this decline is due not only to an improved external capital market but also to the strong progress made in macroeconomic management. In particular, the implementation of policy measures, such as d...

Interest - “ Loan Cost ” or “ Sin ” ?

Interest has appeared from the people need to borrow main agricultural products. Over the time, it has been the subject for many theories-for interest, and against interest-all of them having various reasons. Church has, in general, forbidden interest, but the economic reasons have won, considering fair to reward the creditor for the time passed from the moment of loaning, for the monetary deva...

Determinants of Repayment of Loan Beneficiaries of Micro Finance Institutions in Southeast States of Nigeria

The study investigated the loan repayment, its determinants and socio-economic characteristics of microfinance loan beneficiaries in the Southeast states of Nigeria. It was carried out in three states of the five southeast states. Using a multistage sampling technique, a total of 144 loan beneficiaries in the three segments of MFIs, namely; formal (commercial and development banks); semi-formal...

Why Having a (Nonfinancial) Interest Is Not a Conflict of Interest

A current debate about conflicts of interest related to biomedical research is to question whether the focus on financial conflicts of interest overshadows "nonfinancial" interests that could put scientific judgment at equal or greater risk of bias. There is substantial evidence that financial conflicts of interest such as commercial sponsorship of research and investigators lead to systematic ...