Browsing by Author "Hartarska, Valentina"

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Banking Efficiency Analysis for Two Special Years during Recent Financial Crisis

Li, Chen (2016-12-09)

This paper covered almost thirty thousand groups of commercial banks’ quarterly data in 2007 and 2011 to analyze the influence of 2008 financial crisis on banking performance, and investigate if there is any difference of ...

Credit Delivery Analyses and Climate Impact Issues: The Case of Ghana and Southeastern US

Quaye, Frederick Murdoch (2015-07-22)

The first paper examines the impact of the microfinance sector on small/ micro enterprises in Ghana. The study uses 2007 BEEPS data and employs the financing constraints approach to study if the presence of microfinance ...

Does Rating Help Microfinance Institutions Raise Funds? A Cross-Country Analysis of the Role of Rating Agency Assessments in Microfinance Industry

Wang, Qianfei (2007-12-15)

This thesis studies whether rating assessments help MFIs raise more funds, using a sample of 315 MFIs operating in 63 countries worldwide during the period of 1999-2005. The main conclusion is that there is no strong ...

Economic and Econometric Evaluation of the Turkish Labor Market

Guneysu Atasoy, Filiz (2017-07-06)

This dissertation is organized in three chapters that deal with issues on labor market changes in Turkey. The first chapter estimates how historical internal migration impacted the gender pay gap in the Turkish Labor Market ...

Economics of Microbial Inoculants as an Integrated Pest Management Practice in Apple Production

Chavez, Holcer (2012-04-17)

Demographic growth, stricter environmental concerns and regulations, and rising prices of chemical pesticides emphasize agricultural production alternatives that substitute chemical input use and increase yields. In ...

Essays in Applied International Economics

Malki, Mostafa (2006-05-15)

This dissertation is organized into two essays in international economics and finance. The first is an analysis of the US-Morocco free trade agreement and its impact on Morocco. The study uses a computable general ...

Essays on Farmer Consumption Choices, Beginning Farmers Credit Constraints and Exit

Griffin, Bretford (2016-12-19)

The dissertation is divided into three chapters, the first concerning the choice of food safety in Ghana, the second on Beginning farmer credit constraints, and the last on beginning farmer survival. Chapter 1 uses ...

Essays on International Trade and Finance: An Empirical Assessment of Food Safety and Banking Crises

Chen, Rui (2017-12-11)

This dissertation is composed of three chapters examining how food policy and bilateral tariff affect international trade, and how 2007-2008 global banking crises influence MFIs performance. Chapter 1 explores the impact ...

Farm Investment and Off-Farm Income - A Study of Farms in Alabama

Mai, Chi (2006-12-15)

This thesis examines the effect of availability of internal finance, net farm income, and net off-farm household income on farm investment. It presents a detailed review of previous studies, develops and estimates an ...

Financial Derivatives and Bank Performance

Xuan, Shen (2013-07-19)

Recent financial regulation changes have brought many challenges to community banks. In particular, the Volcker Rule, section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act of 2010, prohibits banks from engaging in proprietary ...

Financing Constraints and Microfinance in Eastern Europeand Central Asia

McAdams, Thomas (2009-05-15)

Microfinance institutions are a growing tool used to alleviate poverty throughout the world. This thesis estimates how much the impact, if any, that microfinance institutions in 19 countries have throughout Eastern Europe ...

Four Essays in International Trade and Economic Development

Adu, Derick (2024-01-08) ETD File Embargoed

This dissertation comprises four essays investigating the impact of trade agreements on trade outcomes and the relationship between export diversification and economic growth. Chapter 1 investigates the effect of the ...

The Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 on the Premia Paid for Target Companies in Mergers and Acquisitions

Gallyamova, Renata (2008-05-15)

This thesis investigates the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 on the premia paid for target companies in mergers and acquisitions. I am analyzing a sample of 104 deals, where both the target and the acquiring company ...

Is There a Gap of Banking Efficiency Between Accession and Non-accession Countries in Central and Eastern Europe

Wu, Tong (2006-12-15)

This thesis divides the Central and Eastern European countries into two groups: accession countries which have or will attend Europe Union and non-accession countries which are not willing to attend Europe Union. The ...

Portable Sawmills – A Small Scale Microenterprise Development

Aulakh, Jaspreet (2011-01-12)

A Cobb-Douglas cost function of portable sawmill industry for United States based sawmill owners was estimated using cross-sectional data with two inputs and capital. The elasticity of the output (bf) to total variable ...

The Role of Portable Sawmill Microenterprise Adoption in Promoting Rural Community Development and its Application in Small-Scale Forest Management

Lupo, Crystal (2010-08-11)

Changes have taken place in the United States economy over the past several years attributable to the overall global economic environment. As a result of the weakened U.S. economy, there is reduced demand for lumber and ...