Problems with Long-term Financial Sustainability of Export Credit Agencies

An Assessment of Two Economic Rationales for Export Credit Agencies

Long-term and Short-term Effects of Financial Intermediation on Economic Growth

Financial intermediation in Iran's banking system is negatively affected at least in two ways. First, there are many similarities between financial intermediation and usurious activities in the common interpretation of interest-free banking law. This encourages the banks to participate in various commercial activities. Second, the price setting policies of the central bank makes investment more...

Measuring the Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of Factors Affecting the Export of High-Tech Product Groups in Iran

The importance of non-oil exports and their role in the economic growth and development of countries has always been discuss as an important issue in the economy. Meanwhile, the role of high-tech exports in the growth of developed countries has been significant and developing countries, in order to succeed in the growth of production and export of their industrial goods under the constraint of ...

FLOSS Education: Long-Term Sustainability

Learning in any environment has undergone major changes in recent times. Many of these changes are closely related or are similar to processes or solutions found traditionally in Free/Libre and Open Source (FLOSS) environments: peer to peer relationships, telematic support, use of new technologies, etc. [1] The purpose of this workshop is to bring together free software experts to discuss chall...

A “sarbanes-oxley” for Credit Rating Agencies? a Comparison of the Roles Auditors’ and Credit Rating Agencies’ Conflicts of Interests Played in Recent Financial Crises

Both auditors and credit rating agencies have been linked to financial scandals in recent history. In the early 2000’s, several of the “big five” accounting firms issued favorable audit opinions to public companies employing deceptive accounting practices. Some of these companies even committed outright fraud. Once the investing public caught wind of these accounting irregularities, it lost tru...