Journal of Risk Finance: Volume 8 Issue 4

Thoughts on the “scientific method”: part 2 – frequentist fecklessness

Michael R. Powers

The purpose of this two‐part series is to consider the role of the “scientific method” (SM) in human understanding, questioning both its consistency in actual practice and its…

Calibrating asset correlation for Indian corporate exposures: Implications for regulatory capital

Arindam Bandyopadhyay, Tasneem Chherawala, Asish Saha

This paper is a first attempt to empirically calibrate the default and asset correlation for large companies in India and elaborate its implications for credit risk capital…

Dividend policy and payout ratio: evidence from the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange

Abdulrahman Ali Al‐Twaijry

The purpose of this research is to identify the variables with an expected influence on dividend policy and on payout ratio in an emerging market.

Debt policy and performance of SMEs: Evidence from Ghanaian and South African firms

Joshua Abor

The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of debt policy (capital structure) on the financial performance of small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana and…

Foreign exchange risk exposure of listed companies in Ghana

Zubeiru Salifu, Kofi A. Osei, Charles K.D. Adjasi

The purpose of this research is to examine the foreign exchange exposure of listed companies on the Ghana Stock Exchange over the period January 1999 to December 2004. The…

Banks' risk management: a comparison study of UAE national and foreign banks

Hussein A. Hassan Al‐Tamimi, Faris Mohammed Al‐Mazrooei

The purpose of this research is to examine the degree to which the UAE banks use risk management practices and techniques in dealing with different types of risk. The secondary…

The North Cyprus banking sector: the effect of a speculative attack on the Turkish Lira

Nil Günsel

The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of a speculative attack on the Turkish Lira in the North Cyprus banking sector during the period 1984‐2002.

Sums of knowledge

Andrew Green