Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad
Abstract Mid‐nineteenth century fictional representations of misdirected investment by widows and clergy position them as ignorant in financial matters and hence pitiable. While scholars have recognised female agency in nineteenth century commerce, insufficient attention has been paid to religious belief in financial decision‐making.
Jennifer Jones, Susan Poole
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What determines banks’ customer choice? Evidence from transition countries [PDF]
This paper explores how bank characteristics and the institutional environment influence the composition of banks’ loan portfolios. Using a new data set based on the recent EBRD Banking Environment and Performance Survey (BEPS), which was conducted in ...
De Haas, Ralph +2 more
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The unbearable (financial) burdens of parenting
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Alya Guseva
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Abstract A longstanding puzzle in the African land rental market literature is the often‐observed discrepancy between the number of tenants (renters‐in) and the much smaller number of landlords (renters‐out) in survey data. If this discrepancy derives from systematic biases in survey data responses on rental market participation, then the existing body
Gashaw T. Abate +3 more
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Credit Booms and Lending Standards: Evidence from the Subprime Mortgage Market [PDF]
This paper links the current subprime mortgage crisis to a decline in lending standards associated with the rapid expansion and changes in the structure of this market.
Dell’Ariccia, G., Igan, D., Laeven, L.
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Begetting Silvio Gesell in the Modern Economy: A Marriage of Frederick Soddy and Kenneth Boulding
ABSTRACT In the Natural Economic Order, first published in 1916, Silvio Gesell warned against a fiat monetary system that in place of controlling the circulation of money with demurrage, sought to manage the system by accommodating demand for liquidity.
Ahmed Anwar
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Regulating Role of the State in Development of Mortgage of Land Регулирующая роль государства в развитии ипотечного кредитования земли [PDF]
In article the analysed experience of the organization of mortgage lending of agriculture of some countries of the world. The attention is paid to features of mortgage lending, of agrarian sector of economy and an all-important role of the state through ...
Prokopenko Valeriya Y., Yukhno Marina T.
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Posted rates as signals in mortgage lending markets [PDF]
A discussion of how mortgage lenders might use posted lending terms to signal both their eagerness to take new loan applications and their lending standards.Mortgages ; Interest ...
Mark S. Sniderman +2 more
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The degree of cooperativism in Europe: Towards an evaluation model for cooperative banking
Abstract Democracy, social commitment and proximity are fundamental values of cooperative‐based financial institutions. The degree of cooperativism of an entity (or, by extension, of a territorial area or country) can be associated with the intensity with which the entity promotes the inherent values of cooperatives.
Francisco Salas‐Molina +2 more
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Bringing Nuance to Real Estate Financialisation: Insights From Brazil
ABSTRACT Real estate has re‐emerged as an object of inquiry in geography and urban studies in recent years, particularly through the lens of the financialisation debate. The literature on financialisation has extensively documented how finance has reshaped real estate markets, often prioritising short‐term rent extraction in ways that can undermine ...
Stefano Pagin, Daniel Sanfelici
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