Financial Issues in Emerging Economies

Rita Biswas is an Associate Professor of Finance and Associate Dean of International Initiatives in the School of Business, University at Albany, USA. Prof. Biswas's primary research interests involve international financial markets and banking. Her work has been published in journals such as Financial Management, the Financial Review, Journal of Financial Services Research, Review of Futures Markets, and Global Finance Journal. Biswas has won several teaching awards, including the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching and the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching (SUNY system-wide, 2013-14). She is a frequent teacher in executive MBA programs worldwide, including at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany and at Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Professor Biswas received her M.S. in international economics from University of Rochester, NY in 1985 and her Ph.D. in international finance and banking from Texas A&M University, TX in 1990.Michael Michaelides is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Allegheny College, USA. His research focuses on topics of financial econometrics.

• Chapter 1. An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Bank Internationalization: The Case of India and Nigeria; Steve Onyeiwu and Sulagna DasChapter 2. Investment in Technology: Does It Proliferate the Profitability and Performance of the Indian Banks?; Neha Chhabra Roy and Thangaraj ViswanathanChapter 3. The Impact of US Quantitative Easing on India's Money Market; Moumita Paul and Siva Reddy KalluruChapter 4. US Monetary Policy and Spill overs to Select EMEs: An Episodic Analysis; Satyananda Sahoo, Shiv Shankar and Jessica M. AnthonyChapter 5.Suggested Model for Explaining Financial Distress in Egypt: Toward a Comprehensive Model; Sarah Sobhy MohamedChapter 6. Impact of Management Control Systems on Sponsors' Profitability in PPP Infrastructure Ventures; Suresh Mony and Narayani RamachandranChapter 7. Contributing Factors of Long-term ADR Holding Period Returns: An Up-to-Date Analysis; Mark Schaub and Garland SimmonsChapter 8. Identification of Alternative Insurance Model using Fuzzy AHP; Zahin Ansari, Syed Hameedur Rahman Zaini, and Asif AkhtarChapter 9. Corporate Board Subcommittees and Firm Performance: Evidence from India; Rama Sastry VinjamuryChapter 10. Do Indian Stock Market Message Board Discussions Really Matter? A Machine Learning-based Approach; Madhvi Sethi, Pooja Gupta, Shubhadeep Mukherjee and Siddhi AgrawalChapter 11. Impact of Ownership Structure and Board Characteristics on Firm Value: Evidence from China and India; Aghila Sasidharan and George Varghese