Niels Hermes

University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business

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9700 AB Groningen

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Outreach and Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 12 Jun 2008
Niels Hermes, Robert Lensink and Aljar Meesters
University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen - Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance and University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business
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microfinance, outreach, efficiency, stochastic frontier analysis

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Financial Development and the Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 04 May 2009
Niels Hermes, Robert Lensink and Aljar Meesters
University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen - Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance and University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business
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microfinance, financial development, SFA

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Capital Budgeting Practices: A Comparative Study of the Netherlands and China

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 26 Feb 2006
Niels Hermes, Peter P.M. Smid and Lu Yao
University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Capital budgeting, cost of capital, survey, The Netherlands, China

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The Impact of Financial Liberalization on Bank Efficiency: Evidence from Latin America and Asia

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 May 2007
Niels Hermes and Vu Thi Hong Nhung
University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business and Can Tho University - School of Economics and Business Administration
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Financial liberalization, bank efficiency, DEA, Asia, Latin America

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Does Financial Liberalization Influence Saving, Investment and Economic Growth? Evidence from 25 Emerging Market Economies, 1973-1996

UNU/WIDER Discussion Paper No. 2005/69
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 Feb 2007
Niels Hermes
University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business
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Financial liberalization, Saving, Investment, Economic Growth

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Competition and the Performance of Microfinance Institutions

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 28 Mar 2012
Esubalew Assefa, Niels Hermes and Aljar Meesters
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business and University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business
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Microfinance Institutions, Competition, Financial Intermediation

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Corporate Governance and Company Performance: Evidence from Greece

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 06 Jan 2012
Niels Hermes and Vasiliki Katsigianni
University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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corporate governance, firm performance, Greece

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Financial Reform and Bank Efficiency: A Multi-Country Analysis

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 19 Feb 2009
Aljar Meesters, Tanveer Shehzad and Niels Hermes
University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business
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financial reform, bank efficiency, stochastic frontier analysis

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The Impact of Board Internationalization on Earnings Management

IFN Working Paper No. 1096, Strangers on the board: The impact of board internationalization on earnings management of Nordic firms, International Business Review 28 (2019), 119-134.
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 14 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2018
Reggy Hooghiemstra, Niels Hermes, Lars Oxelheim and Trond Randøy
University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and University of Agder - School of Management
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Earnings management; Board composition; Internationalization; Foreign board member; Accounting knowledge

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Does Aid Work? New Evidence from Recent Empirical Studies

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 31 Mar 2006
Niels Hermes and Robert Lensink
University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business and University of Groningen - Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance
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development aid, effectiveness, economic growth

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Group Lending and the Role of the Group Leader: Theory and Evidence from Eritrea

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 28 Feb 2007
Niels Hermes, Robert Lensink and Remco van Eijkel
University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen - Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance and University of Groningen
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group lending, group leader, moral hazard, monitoring, Eritrea

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Determinants of Trade Credit Demand and Supply in the Tanzanian Rice Market: A Structural Modelling Approach

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 10 Sep 2010
Ernest Kihanga, Robert Lensink, Clemens Lutz and Niels Hermes
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Groningen - Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business and University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business
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trade credit demand, trade credit supply, structural modelling approach, Tanzania

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Does the Group Leader Matter? The Impact of Monitoring Activities and Social Ties of Group Leaders on the Repayment Performance of Group-Based Lending in Eritrea

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 Mar 2006
Niels Hermes, Robert Lensink and Habteab Teki Mehrteab
University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen - Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance and University of Groningen
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Group lending, repayment performance, monitoring, social ties, Eritrea

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Executive Compensation and Anglo-American Influence: European Evidence

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 06 Jan 2012
Niels Hermes and Annemarie Schulenburg
University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Executive compensation, corporate governance, firm performance, Anglo-American influences

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The Empirics of Microfinance: What Do We Know?

Economic Journal, Vol. 117, pp. F1-F10, February 2007
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 03 Apr 2007
Niels Hermes and Robert Lensink
University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business and University of Groningen - Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance
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Investment, Uncertainty and Irreversibility

Economics of Transition, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 307-332, June 2004
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Jun 2004
Le Khuong Ninh, Niels Hermes and Ger Lanjouw
University of Can Tho, University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business and University of Groningen - Department of International Economics and Business
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Corporate Governance in the Netherlands: An Overview of the Application of the Tabaksblat Code in 2004

Corporate Governance: An International Review, Vol. 15, Issue 6, pp. 1106-1118, November 2007
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 13 Dec 2007
Dirk Akkermans, Hans van Ees, Niels Hermes, Reggy Hooghiemstra, Gerwin Van der Laan, Theo J.B.M. Postma and Arjen van Witteloostuijn
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Groningen, University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business and University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business
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National Culture and Internal Control Disclosures: A Cross‐Country Analysis

Corporate Governance: An International Review, Vol. 23, Issue 4, pp. 357-377, 2015
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 06 Jul 2015
Reggy Hooghiemstra, Niels Hermes and Jim Emanuels
University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business and University of Groningen
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Corporate Governance, Financial Disclosure, Internal Control Disclosure, National Culture, Investor Protection

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Determinants of the Performance of Microfinance Institutions: A Systematic Review

Journal of Economic Surveys, Vol. 32, Issue 5, pp. 1483-1513, 2018
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Nov 2018
Niels Hermes and Marek Hudon
University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
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microcredit, microfinance, performance

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Are Financial and Social Efficiency Mutually Exclusive? A Case Study of Vietnamese Microfinance Institutions

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Vol. 87, Issue 1, pp. 55-77, 2016
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 29 Feb 2016
Maxime Lebovics, Niels Hermes and Marek Hudon
Agence Française de Développement (AFD), University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
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Propping: Evidence from New Share Issues of Turkish Business Group Firms

Journal of Multinational Financial Management, November 2007
Posted: 19 Dec 2007
Niels Hermes and Halit Gonenc
University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business and University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business

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Corporate governance, Propping, Business groups, Turkey

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Financial Reform and Bank Efficiency: A Multi-Country Analysis

23rd Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2010 Paper
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 23 Aug 2010
Niels Hermes, Choudhry Tanveer Tanveer Shehzad and Aljar Meesters
University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business, SDSB, Lahore University of Managment Sciences and University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business
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Financial Reform, Bank Efficiency, SFA