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Original Article
Open Access
Arbitrage, Error Correction, and Causality: Case of Highly Traded Agricultural Commodities in India
Ruchika Kaura, Nawal Kishor, Namita Rajput
· pp. 7–21
DOI: 10.17010/ijf/2019/v13i9/147095
India is an agriculture-dominated country and futures trading in commodities has emerged as a mode to protect the farmers and traders from price fluctuations and to relieve them from the trouble of maintaining stocks. However, mispricing between futures and spot …
Keywords:
Agricultural Commodities, Arbitrage, Error Correction, Causality, Commodity Market, VECM, Granger Causality Test. JEL Codes
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Original Article
Open Access
Demographic Factors Impacting the Financial Risk Tolerance of Retail Investors of Urban West Bengal
Amrita Bhattacharya, Avijan Dutta
· pp. 22–30
DOI: 10.17010/ijf/2019/v13i9/147096
Prior knowledge of willingness or capacity to take financial risks of a retail investor can be very useful in targeting potential clients for investment agencies offering various low, medium, or high risk instruments for investment. Previous research has showed that …
Keywords:
Logistic Regression Analysis, Financial Risk Tolerance, Investor Behavior, Demographic Factors, Logistic Regression, Retail Investor
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Original Article
Open Access
National Banks: How Much do they Bank on Off Balance Sheet Items? An Indian Outlook
Hariom Gurjar, Mahesh Chandra Joshi, Akhilesh Tripathi
· pp. 31–47
DOI: 10.17010/ijf/2019/v13i9/147097
The banking system forms the backbone of the financial sector in a bank-based economy such as India. Off-balance sheet activity plays a vital role in helping banks limit long-term financial resources in the balance sheet report and increase the banks' …
Keywords:
National Banks, Public Sector Banks, Non-Interest Income, Off Balance Sheet Activities, Commercial Banks, Bank Specific Regulatory Factors, Macroeconomic Factors.JEL Classification
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Original Article
Open Access
An Empirical Study of Sources of Early Stage Start-Up Funding for Innovative Startup Firms: A Study of Five States of India
Suman Kalyan Chaudhury, Anupam Panigrahi, Mamta Gaur
· pp. 48–57
DOI: 10.17010/ijf/2019/v13i9/147099
Over the past few years, startups have been seen as a taste of the season for India. This has resulted into the materialization of a number of home grown new companies across the country. This development of a novel scenario …
Keywords:
Venture Funding, Entrepreneurial Activity, Funding Strategies, Startups, Funding.JEL Classification
