• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권10호
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• pp.183-192
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• 2020

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of the Operational Self-Sustainability (OSS) of Vietnamese microfinance institutions (MFIs). This research uses both qualitative and quantitative research methods: (i) qualitative research was via in-depth interviews with ten microfinance practitioners, policymakers and researchers; (ii) quantitative research was conducted by using panel data of 34 MFIs in the period 2011-2015 with binary logistics and OLS regressions. Results are as follows: (i) MFIs' OSS in Vietnam are mainly determined by five key factors: portfolio at risk (PAR>30), capital structure, gross loan portfolio, scope of activities and legal form; (ii) OSS are most affected by legal status (social organizations have better OSS than formal MFIs or programs/projects), location (MFIs focus in one province have higher OSS than working nationwide or just in one district), capital structure (MFIs with more equity proportion have higher OSS); (iii) surprisingly, average loan size per borrower and age of MFIs do not have statistically significant correlation with OSS. The key recommendations are: (i) MFIs should focus on its professionality and increase its equity; (ii) related stakeholders such as State Bank of Vietnam should promote the enabling ecosystem for microfinance development to enhance poverty reduction and economic development.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.287-298
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• 2005

지방자치시대를 맞이하여 진정한 지방분권화를 이루기 위해서는 일정 행정 수준의 자주재정 확립이 보장되어야 한다. 현재 우리나라에서는 지방정부가 안고 있는 수직적 $\cdot$ 수평적 재정불균형 문제를 해소하며, 국가차원의 지역균형발전 및 행정의 효율성 및 효과성을 확보하기 위한 수단으로 지방재정조정제도를 시행하고 있다. 지방재정조정제도는 지역 간의 세원편재와 재정불균형의 시정을 통한 지방자치단체의 일정 행정 수준(national minimum standard)을 확보할 수 있도록 재원을 보장해주며 합리적이고 효율적인 제도 운영이 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 지방재정조정제도의 두 가지 수단인 지방교부세와 국고보조금에 대하여 알아보고 재정력이 취약한 자치단체의 재정형평성에 기여할 수 있는 개선방안을 제시하였다. 지방교부세와 국고보조금의 배분방식과 운영형태 등을 조정하여 형평성 원칙에 맞게 운영해 나가야 할 것이다.

• 수산해양교육연구
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.1245-1260
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• 2014

This paper is to analyze the size of Busan Metropolitan City Office of Education Special Account and Educational finance Changes based on the welfare types from 2009 to 2013. It also identifies the impact on welfare finance education programs that target low-income students. The size of Education welfare finance was increased to 355.3 billions (2013) from 90.9 billions (2009), with the last 5 years average annual growth rate as high as 41.9%. But there has been relative decrease in the size of selective welfare budget for low income students such as tuition assistance & IT support to low-income and vulnerable groups, rural schools support to improve facilities, education welfare priority program. The finding suggests that the size of selective welfare budget should not be decreased due to universal education welfare policy. If it is to expand the universal education welfare, then there should be redesigning of local educational finance and further revenue for local education finance to keep the budget for the education welfare target groups.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.119-130
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• 2020

The study seeks to evaluate the impacts of three types of credit - formal, semi-formal, and informal credits - on the well-being of households in Vietnam's rural areas. Based on data from the Vietnam Household Living Standard Surveys in 2014 and 2016, the research uses the instrumental variable fixed-effect models to estimate the effects of three kinds of credit on household's per capita income and expenditure. There are some significant findings. First, in rural areas, formal credit is the most popular source with stable and cheap borrowing costs. Informal credit is a complement to formal credit to meet urgent needs. Funding agriculture activities is the most commonly cited purpose of borrowing, followed by purchasing assets. The highest misuse rate belongs to the group of loans for agriculture production. Second, the results show that credit helps smoothen consumption rather than generate income for rural households. Three types of credit have insignificant or negative effects on household's per capita income. Formal loans significantly improve total expenditure and spending on healthcare and education. Informal and semi-formal credits show a little influence on consumption. Informal loans have a significantly positive effect on healthcare expenditure. In contrast, having semi-formal loans tends to decrease spending on foods.

• 통상정보연구
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.289-310
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• 2013

지난 시기 우리나라는 수출진흥을 위한 정책적 수단으로 무역금융제도를 적극적으로 활용해 왔으며, 또한 그 효과에 있어서 의심의 여지가 없다. 그러나 2008년 리먼브라더스 파산으로 인한 세계금융위기를 겪으면서 국제사회는 유동성 리스크를 효과적으로 관리하기 위하여 바젤 III를 새롭게 등장시켰다. 우리나라는 시중은행을 중심으로 무역금융을 지원하고 있으나, 국내 시중은행의 취약한 해외신용평가, 위험인수 역량으로 인해 다양한 무역금융기법의 활용이 부족한 실정이다. 이러한 상황에서 바젤 III 등 관련 국제규범 도입에 따른 무역금융 위축 가능성에도 대비해야 한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 우리나라 무역금융제도의 현황을 분석하고, 금융시장의 국제적 규제 강화 추이에 적극적인 대응방안을 모색하고자 한다. 이를 위해 기존의 시중은행을 통한 저금리 융자를 통한 지원정책을 벗어나 공공부문을 통한 무역금융지원이 확대되어야 한다. 특히 수출입은행, 한국무역보험공사 등을 적극 활용하여 해외 진출기업에 대한 지원, 고 신용위험 국가와의 교역에 대한 지원, 중소기업의 지원확대, 바젤 III 등 국제적 논의 참여 방안에 대하여 제시하였다.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.39-59
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• 2003

The purpose of this study is to introduce issues on agricultural policy of participatory government and to suggest some implications for national consensus. According to the finance and investment plan, 119 trillion won in total will be invested in the farming industry for improving the welfare system and development of the sector over the next 10 years. It is very important that this plan will make Korean farmers competitive and income per capita increased more and more. By the way, the plan has been argued by farmer’s organization(NGO) and some people of academic circles because there is a fair question as to how effective these investment aids will be. Therefore, the finance and investment plan must be established on the basis of effective execution system as well as additional discussion for national agreement. In addition, the 'Special Plan Committee for agriculture-fishery and farming-fishing communities' will work out an ideal framework for succeeding this plan.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.113-117
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• 2021

The article defines the basic concepts: "election campaign", "social capital", "conversion of social capital"; the principles and methods of research of social capital conversion in election campaigns are studied; the process of using social capital in politics is defined; ways of converting social capital into politics are considered; the possibilities of converting social capital in election campaigns are described. Election campaigns have been found to be a successful form of social capital conversion. The ability to use social capital in the election campaign speaks of its high potential. Election campaigns are not an effective use of social capital.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.53-63
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• 2019

The paper examines the influence of profitability on distance to default (DD) in Vietnam securities market. The investigated sample consists of 211 companies listed on HOSE during 18 years from 2010 to 2017. We apply KMV model to calculate distance to default and use both macroeconomics factors and firm specific factors as independent variables. Using General Least Squared (GLS) method, we find evidence to confirm the positive relationship between profitability and distance to default. This result showed that, although profitability did not directly reflect the cash flow generated, a good profitable enterprise would be an important factor to help facilitate and generate cash flow and at the same time debt was guaranteed when it was due. Besides, the test results revealed that the financial structure and sales on assets have the inverse effect on the distance to default at the significance level of 5%. The results also revealed that a group of macro factors had an influence on the distance to default of businesses, including spread, GDP and trade balance (via exchange rates). Gross domestic income had certain impacts on the distance to default of businesses. This was also a basic indicator measuring the national economic cycle.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권9호
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• pp.125-134
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• 2020

This study examines the nominal price anomaly in the Vietnamese stock market, that is, whether stocks with low nominal price outperform stocks with high nominal price. Using a sample of all 351 companies listed on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) from June 2009 to March 2018, we confirm our hypothesis and document that cheaper stocks yield higher subsequent abnormal returns. The results are robust after controlling for various stock characteristics that have been documented to be value-relevant in prior literature, including firm size, book-to-market ratio, intermediate-term momentum, short-term reversal, skewness, market risk, idiosyncratic risk, illiquidity and extreme daily returns, using both the portfolio analysis and the Fama-MacBeth cross-sectional regression. The negative effect persists in the long term (i.e., after up to 12 months), implying a slow adjustment of stock prices to their intrinsic value. Further analysis show that the observed nominal price anomaly is mainly driven by mispricing but not a latent risk factor proxied by stock price, thus the observed anomaly reflects a mispricing but not a fundamental risk. The study highlights the irrational behaviour of investors and market inefficiency in the Vietnamese stock market and provides important implication for investors in the market.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권7호
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• pp.323-331
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• 2021

This paper examines the relationship between ownership structure and level cash holdings in an emerging country, namely, Saudi Arabia, by constructing a corporate governance mechanism (foreign ownership, family ownership, institutional and managerial ownership). This paper uses data from 100 listed firms at Saudi Stock Exchange (TADAWUL) from 2011 to 2019. The firm's decision to hold cash has come to the fore in the last two or three years as a result of the recent global financial crisis, and the impact that this has had on the firms' ability to raise funds from external sources. Using the random-effect generalized least square (GLS) regression model, the findings reveal that foreign and family ownership negatively influences cash holdings, while managerial ownership has a positive association with cash holdings. Further, institutional ownership did not have a direct effect on cash holdings in Saudi Arabia. Our results suggest that ownership structure include foreign ownership, family and managerial ownership is an essential vehicle to promote the performance of cash holding of all the 100 public-listed non-financial firms in Saudi Arabia. We recommend that sound policies should be targeted toward foreign ownership, family, and managerial ownership since they are essential to improve cash holding in Saudi Arabian firms.