IRJFE Issue 19

IRJFE Issue 19

International Research Journal of Finance and Economics

Issue 19
September, 2008

Ownership Strategy in International Joint Ventures	7-20
Ho-Chyuan Chen and Mei-Fang Chung

Simple Techniques for Determining the Optimal Portfolio Case Study: Investment in Banks Sector in Amman Stock Market _ Jordan	21-33
Ghazi F. Momani

New Evidence on Efficiency in Scandinavian Banking	34-47
Simeon Papadopoulos

The Effect of Taxes on Dividend Policy of Banks in Nigeria Dividend Policies	48-55
Mr. Matthias A. Nnadi and Mrs. Meg Akpomi

Government Bond Market Integration within European Union	56-76
Nikiforos T. Laopodis

Immigration in Greece: The Immigrants Intentions of Returning to their Land of Origin - The Case of the Region of Kavala/North Greece	77-88
Karasavvoglou Anastasios, Alexiou Sofia and Zoumboulidis Vasilios

Chinas Financial Development and Economic Growth: Exploring the Contradictions	89-101
Jean-Claude Maswana

Efficiency and Arbitrage in Financial Markets	102-106
Michael Dothan

Costly External Financing, Investment Timing, and Investment Cash Flow Sensitivity: A Reformulation of the Problem	107-113
Anis Zouari

Bilateral Import Demand Elasticities the Case of Bangladesh	114-125
Albert Wijeweera, Mohammed Nur and Brian Dollery

Corporate Governance and Merger Activity in the Nigeria Banking Industry: Some Clarifying Comments	126-137
Ishola Rufus Akintoye and R.O.C Somoye

An Analysis of the Effect of Financial Ratios on Financial Situation of Turkish Enterprises Resulting from their Annual Operations	139-149
Semra Karacaer and Ayhan Kapusuzoğlu

Expansion of the European Central Bank A Merger of Equals?	150-166
Greg Banach

Financial Wealth, Housing Wealth, and Consumption	167-191
Ricardo M. Sousa

Treasury Management Versus Cash Management	192-204
Leire San José, Txomin Iturralde and Amaia Maseda

Foreign Direct Investment and Human Capital Accumulation in China	205-215
Hong Zhuang