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An Islamic Perspective on the Sustainable Development Goals: Exploring Key Challenges From the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Projects are typically viewed as mechanisms for delivering products and services; however, this study examines projects from the distinct perspective of grand challenges (GCs). The selected case is the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project in Lahore, Pakistan—a grand challenge project (GCP).
Rehab Iftikhar, Syed Nayyer Abbas Kazmi
wiley   +1 more source

How National Security Drives the Coevolution of International Relations and International Business Policy: Evidence From the Belt and Road Initiative

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Focusing on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), this study investigates how national security drives the coevolution of China's political risk management support for multinationals and competing countries' reactions. A competing country is a nation‐state that is neither the home nor host country of a multinational but perceives the ...
Shuang Li, Xueli Huang, Fuming Jiang
wiley   +1 more source

A Model for Bank's Optimal Asset Securitization Program [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010
We propose a framework to examine banks’ asset securitization program. It provides a comprehensive view that explains various separate findings and claims in the literature. We derive optimal timing and quantity of banks’ asset securitization by explicitly incorporating stochastic asset returns and leverage constraints.
Masahiko Egami, Kaoru Hosono
openaire   +2 more sources

Contagion and Spillover Effects of the Chinese Housing Crisis on the China‐Focused ETFs Trading in the United States

Pacific Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of China's recent real estate crisis, stemming from Evergrande's struggles, on the return and risk profiles of US‐listed exchange traded funds (ETFs) tracking Chinese stock market indexes. Analysing 26 funds from February 2, 2018 to December 31, 2024, we first employ a VAR model to assess contagion and ...
Gerasimos Rompotis, Spyros Papathanasiou, Drosos Koutsokostas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Government-Sponsored Mortgage Securitization Mitigate or Aggravate Financial Crises?

International Journal of Financial Studies
This paper analyzes a model of the mortgage market, allowing for scenarios with and without government-sponsored mortgage securitization. Conventional wisdom says that securitization, by fostering diversification and creating a “safe” asset in the form ...
Wayne Passmore, Roger W. Sparks
doaj   +1 more source

AN URBAN MARKETPLACE UNDER PRESSURE: The Steady Gentrification Process of Porta Palazzo (Turin) Through the Eyes of Market Sellers and Policy Makers

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Marketplaces, crucial sites for low‐income populations as sources of affordable goods and social interaction, are at a critical juncture. They are experiencing decline due to the rise of shopping centres and neglect by public authorities, while at the same time being rediscovered as tourist attractions, sources of profit and tools for urban ...
Francesca Ru
wiley   +1 more source

Capital raising for financing Serbian economy [PDF]

Strategic Management, 2015
The paper points out the importance and necessity of application of new models for providing funding that would enable Serbia to finance the development of the economy as well as projects of national importance. In addition to the permanent loans, Serbia
Vunjak Nenad, Mirović Vera
doaj  

CARE AND CONTROL IN URBAN BRAZIL: The Subaltern Archive of Portarias

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Security infrastructures permeate everyday life in Brazilian cities. Although security guards and doormen play an important and omnipresent role as social and technological mediators, their practices and perceptions have received little attention.
Tilmann Heil, Susana Durão
wiley   +1 more source

ANALYSIS OF HOME OWNERSHIP FINANCING FOR ISLAMIC BANKS IN INDONESIA THROUGH SHARIA ASSET BACKED SECURITIES-PARTICIPATION LETTER

Amwaluna: Jurnal Ekonomi dan Keuangan Syariah, 2020
This research was conducted to find out the financing opportunities of home ownership financing for Islamic banks through Sharia Asset Backed Securities-Participation Letters (EBAS-SP) in Indonesia.
Suci Aprilliani Utami, Aneu Cakyaneu, Neni Sri Wulandari   +2 more
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CAPITALIZING CRISIS: Urban Extractivism in Athens Amidst Neoliberal Restructurings

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article we examine the post‐2009 transformation of Athens through the analytical lens of urban extractivism. We argue that the Greek sovereign debt crisis did not operate as a temporary disruption, but as a durable political condition that enabled the institutionalization of extractive urban governance.
Konstantinos Zafeiris, Chryssanthi Petropoulou, Mara Zacharaki   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source