Vives, Antonio. Pension funds in infrastructure project finance : regulations and instrument design / Antonio Vives. " This is a reprint of a paper originally published in May 1999. " p. cm. (Sustainable Development Dept. Technical papers series ; IFM-110) Includes bibliographical references. The opinions expressed herein are the responsibility of the author and do not necessarily represent the...

Since 1984 Iranian banks has been operating under Islamic principles. This paper investigates dynamics of loans and the difficulties that Iranian banking system was facing. During the period of Islamic banking in Iran, banks experienced a significant increase in the supply of loans. Many factors have affected the behavior of banks in lending operations, the most important of which include rate ...

The cash-flow exposure of banks to interest rate risk, or income gap, is a significant determinant the transmission monetary policy bank lending and real activity. When Fed Funds rises, with larger gap generate stronger earnings contract their by less than other banks. This finding robust controlling for factors known affect lending. It also holds on loan-level data, even when we control firm-s...

since 1984 iranian banks has been operating under islamic principles. this paper investigates dynamics of loans and the difficulties that iranian banking system was facing. during the period of islamic banking in iran, banks experienced a significant increase in the supply of loans. many factors have affected the behavior of banks in lending operations, the most important of which include rate ...

The investment of mutual funds which investors are often required evaluating the investment strategies according to their own subjective preferences in terms of numerical values from various criteria. This situation can be regarded as a fuzzy multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) problem. The purpose of this study attempts to propose an alternative approach, fuzzy multiple criteria decision ...

A number of empirical analyses of interbank lending rely on indirect inferences from individual interbank transactions extracted from payments data using algorithms. In this paper, we conduct an evaluation to assess the ability of identifying overnight U.S. fed funds activity from Fedwire® payments data. We find evidence that the estimates extracted from the data are statistically significantly...

Aggregate demand models extending IS/LM fixed price framework yield an enhancement mechanism of the traditional monetary transmission mechanism, the credit channel, which, according to the credit view, works through the ‘balance sheet channel’ and the ‘bank lending channel’. In this paper I modify the augmented IS/LM model assuming that investments may be financed by both internal and external ...

Financial literacy of investors reduces uncertainty on future decisions and increases predictability of investment policies in financial markets. Thus, the lack of clear information on financial markets is a determining factor in the arrival of domestic and foreign capitals and their quick exit in case of crisis. The lack of transparency and basic knowledge on decisions and failure to provide r...

USD Trans-Border Institute • 1 • www.sandiego.edu/tbi ...microcredit advocates believe that access to credit enables people to improve their own lives and economic situation. ...this brief examines the use of microcredit lending in the U.S.-Mexico border region, a complex, highly metropolitan area. Microcredit Lending in the Border Region Microcredit lending has become a major innovation in ant...